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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Democratic socialists often instead cite countries in Scandinavia and Western Europe, which have socialist policies on universal healthcare, housing and higher wages enacted within democratic systems.

— Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 11 July 2026
Some states have enacted laws specifically targeting zappers.

— Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

Definition of enact

Verb

Walking back to our site, Casper pantomimed catching a trout.

— AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 7 Aug. 2025
And Brunson kept up the energy through the show that followed, delivering some devastatingly personal compliment sandwiches during a leadership summit and frantically pantomiming elaborate insults while parked on a ferry.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 4 May 2025

Definition of pantomime

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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
Plot synopsis House of the Dragon attempts to condense and dramatize the conflicting accounts presented in Fire & Blood—stitched together from testimonies and court chronicles—into a single authoritative narrative.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 June 2026

Definition of dramatize

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Dalí included references to major events in Western history; for example, the Ten of Swords card depicts the stabbing of Julius Caesar, while the Queen of Cups is a jokey vandalism of François Clouet’s portrait Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
The discovery of the painting, depicting the interior of Amsterdam’s Nieuwe Kerk (New Church) and likely by Dutch Golden Age painter Hendrick van der Burgh, has an unusual history, according to De Telegraaf, which first reported the news.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 13 July 2026

Definition of depict

Verb

At issue is whether these modern rapid-fire rifles fit within the history of the gun rights protected by the 2nd Amendment or instead represent a new and dangerous threat to public safety that was unknown in 1791.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
Attorney Ben Crump, who’s representing Wells’ family, said he’s dismayed by the lack of clear details that have emerged in the case.

— Holly Yan, CNN Money, 11 July 2026

Definition of represent

Verb

Through Latin and early Christian usage, the word took on its modern sense of an evil supernatural spirit.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
The yearly total of federal student loan debt taken on by Emory students dropped from $12 million in the 2021-22 academic year to $4 million in 2024-25.

— Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 8 July 2026

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