Thesaurus results for ROLE-PLAYED

role-played

verb

variants also roleplayed

past tense of role-play

as in pantomimed

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In 2001, Fairfax lawmakers enacted a ban on all herbicides, insecticides and rodenticides on public land.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
The change was enacted in the state budget bill and took effect July 1.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of enacted

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He is currently represented by a public defender in the double murder case that could result in life without parole or the death penalty.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
But the move also represented a pivot after the Lakers valued Joey and Jesse Buss for their roles with overseeing their G League team (Joey) and the Lakers’ scouting department (Jesse).

— Mark Medina, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of represented

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Whether defendant Tyler Robinson acted out of political animus could be key for prosecutors seeking the death penalty — or for his attorneys in taking that punishment off the table.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Whether defendant Tyler Robinson acted out of political animus could be key for prosecutors seeking the death penalty - or for his attorneys in taking that punishment off the table.

— CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of acted out

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There had been a portrait that may have depicted the real-life Billy, and it could have been used, but Ondaatje was advised by his poet friend bpNichol to leave the space blank.

— Amitava Kumar, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026
This may be overstated, but Scarlett Johansson, then residing in the country, won a 2014 decision in French court against a French author who, in a novel, depicted a Johansson doppelganger as carrying out multiple affairs.

— Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of depicted

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In practice, puzzling choices by curators Klaus Biesenbach and Maike Steinkamp rendered the experiment fraught in places.

— Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Aug. 2026
They might be rendered obsolete in a few years, especially with breakthroughs in technology like drones of various sizes and capabilities.

— Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of rendered

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My model is concentrated on the last 24 rounds played, and includes driving distance, strokes gained off the tee, strokes gained around the green, strokes gained putting, and strokes gained on par 3s longer than 200 yards.

— Dennis Esser, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
View this post on Instagram Alyson Stoner Alyson Stoner, who also played Kairi in Kingdom Hearts, shared an emotional, heartfelt video mourning the loss of Panettiere.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2026

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