Thesaurus results for ROLE-PLAY

role-play

verb

Definition of role-play

as in to enact

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Recent Examples of role-play Game Studio is working on an action role-playing game that brings the fictional video game at the heart of the series to life. — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 10 June 2026 This hybrid live-action role-playing game and work of interactive theater enables guests to live out mini-Wild West adventures while interacting with more than two dozen actors. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026 The deputy fire chief paid him $100 via Zelle to commit the assault, according to the affidavits, and told him the woman had agreed to the attack as part of a rape role-play fantasy. — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 June 2026 Clark forces Mary to engage in therapy role-play with him, but Mary refuses, admitting to him that his inability to recognize his own faults is the reason his wife left him. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for role-play

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Verb

The Farm Recovery and Support Block Grant program hit a number of speed bumps since Congress enacted it in late 2024.

— Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026
Nationwide, about 141 municipalities have enacted permanent or temporary bans, according to the city.

— Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 24 July 2026

Definition of enact

Verb

Abarca claimed that White was acting out an ongoing vendetta against him.

— Ilana Arougheti July 21, Kansas City Star, 21 July 2026
And the trailer shows how idyllic the four victims’ college experience was until Bryan Kohberger (who has pled guilty to the murders) seemingly picked them at random to act out his serial-killer obsession.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 15 July 2026

Definition of act out

Verb

The 1988 Cy Young award winner deftly explained what made Ohtani’s new curve so unhittable, even going as far as pantomiming the throwing motion and grip to more effectively illustrate his point.

— Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
Before a Lakers win in Denver this season, James found one of his friends, Nuggets assistant Jared Dudley, and pantomimed a crank with one hand while raising his middle finger of the other.

— Dan Woike, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026

Definition of pantomime

Verb

Two teenagers, aided by an arborist, climbed a 100-foot pine tree outside a Pasadena high school Saturday to dramatize a campaign to stop a soil remediation project calling for the removal of nearly 200 trees at several school campuses.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
The pilot will dramatize the trilogy’s opening heist at the Hotel Theresa on 125th, a thirteen-story tower with a striking white façade once known as the Waldorf of Harlem.

— Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026

Definition of dramatize

Verb

The artist duo Motus created the murals in each room to depict the connection between Kabutocho's history and its present, with palettes ranging from spring green to lake blue.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026
The posting spree began with a post depicting CNN journalist Kaitlan Collins as trans social media star Dylan Muvaney—retreading on a comment the president made during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

— Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of depict

Verb

For Luis Javier Santos, the former head of UFERCO who investigated the case against Hernández, the former leader’s return represents a failure to prosecute him for his crimes, rather than a chance for justice.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 July 2026
The new 5th Congressional District boundaries were designed to ease a path for Republicans to force out Cleaver, who has represented Kansas City in Congress since 2005.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026

Definition of represent

Verb

The city and nearby Miami Beach are both known for its airy and colorful Mediterranean Revival styles, Caribbean influence and tropical take on Art Deco, but skyscrapers do not have a long history within the city.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
For as dutifully naturalistic as the setups are, the film occasionally takes on the feel of a stage play, where its latticework of accents, syntaxes, and acting styles are allowed to accentuate something other than strict verisimilitude.

— Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 21 July 2026

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