role-played

variants also roleplayed
past tense of role-play

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for role-played
Verb
  • Florida enacted new laws cracking down on miscreants in the treatment industry.
    Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 5 July 2026
  • Passed as the second of three Reconstruction amendments, the 14th Amendment was enacted after the Civil War.
    Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • Those impacted in that round of layoffs included 67 central office and network office workers, seven Chicago Teachers Union positions, and 87 employees represented by SEIU Local 73, nearly all of whom were crossing guards.
    Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 14 July 2026
  • Medical students can complete their first two years, and sometimes more, without encountering a forensic pathologist or seeing the field meaningfully represented in their curriculum.
    Gregory McDonald, STAT, 13 July 2026
Verb
  • Eventually, the rewrite and actors workshop rehearsal combined — a two-week period in which Jones, McCormick, Wilde, Rogen, Cruz, and Norton acted out, improvised scenes, and, most importantly, talked about characters.
    Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 24 June 2026
  • In the video, Allie dramatically acted out both sides of the conversation, capturing the feeling of trying to extract a straightforward answer from her mom.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • Assessing consumer sentiment among 10,000 respondents from the 11 countries that contribute the most to the luxury sector, the consultancy depicted a complex but more focused scenario.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 7 July 2026
  • Stately Wayne Manor is depicted as a more gothic structure in most versions of the bat story.
    Tom Tapp, Deadline, 7 July 2026
Verb
  • The rain had rendered the dirt tracks we were meant to use … um, unusable.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 July 2026
  • The responding officers rendered first aid to the victims before they were taken to local hospitals.
    Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
Verb
  • Haiti became the first team in FIFA history to qualify without having played one game at home due to gangs’ takeover of its national stadium and the violence in Port-au-Prince.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
  • Julian Dennison stars as the troubled Ricky Baker, a kid who ends up on the run with an irascible old man, played by Sam Neill.
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 14 July 2026
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“Role-played.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role-played. Accessed 16 Jul. 2026.

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