role-played

variants also roleplayed
Definition of role-playednext
past tense of role-play

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for role-played
Verb
  • The key language in the amendment was also included in citizenship laws enacted in 1940 and 1952.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The ban was previously enacted in 2009 after a resident was mauled by a pitbull.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The additions represented a welcome counterpoint to what occurred during much of 2025, when job losses consistently haunted the Bay Area.
    George Avalos, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Harris, a Democrat, is once again running for Congress in Georgia's 14th District, a deeply conservative region represented by Marjorie Taylor Greene, who resigned in January this year.
    Brian Unger, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Like other states around the country, Tennessee was closing its public psychiatric hospitals, and mentally ill people who acted out were simply being jailed.
    James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Administration officials have argued Ross acted out of self-defense, alleging Good was impeding federal law enforcement.
    Amie Parnes, The Hill, 18 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The animation is a little rough around the edges — there’s a shot of wine being poured down a sink where the red liquid is depicted in CGI, for some reason — but the slightly retro style with the characters’ prominent lips and sharp chins added to the camp appeal.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The Ripper/Frant was not depicted on screen.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Try taking a census of the immobilized population of Los Angeles — otherwise known as our civic statues, rendered in metal or stone.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
  • After Colon was shot, cops rendered first aid and called for an ambulance.
    Theodore Parisienne, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Takaoka played a long arcing ball-ahead to Ocampo, who avoided goalkeeper James Pantemis — who had charged off his line — and rolled a shot from the edge of the penalty area inside the back post and into a wide-open net.
    ABC News, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The Current’s still one of the most talented teams in the league, boasting such USWNT veterans as Cooper, Sentnor and LaBonta, along with women who’ve played for other countries — Lorena and midfielder Rocky Rodriguez (Costa Rica), for instance.
    PJ Green April 5, Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2026
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“Role-played.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role-played. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.

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