role-played

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

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for role-played
Verb
  • Despite a slew of reforms enacted last year to rein in the practices of towing companies, more needs to be done to protect consumers whose cars face removal and possible sale, the commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles said Tuesday.
    Dave Altimari, ProPublica, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Every day, Trump exhibits his contempt for laws enacted by Congress — and for the Constitution itself.
    Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • That, combined with a decisive second-half performance, represented the good in Sunday’s matchup, the part that may give fans hope about a return trip to the NCAA Tournament.
    Scott Chasen, Kansas City Star, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Last year, that number grew to 32, again in Lima, and this year there were 68 nations represented at The Fort, Broward County’s 43-court pickleball palace.
    Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 9 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Ordained to the Catholic priesthood in June, Jimenez was watching as parishioners acted out the Nativity scene during a posada, a Latin American tradition that reenacts Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem in search of shelter.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025
  • Others abused alcohol and drugs, were separated and divorced, or acted out violently.
    Arianna Huffington, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • As depicted in the film, the real Kelley also got to know Goring’s family, delivering letters from the German military man to his wife.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Hatchie is the project of Harriette Pilbeam, one part dream-pop, another shoegaze, and which, earlier in her career, the Australian singer and songwriter depicted as a creative mashup of Cocteau Twins with Kylie Minogue.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Majumdar’s characters’ choices would carry greater weight if the conditions constraining them were rendered with equal depth.
    Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 8 Nov. 2025
  • However, the on-screen star rendered her bob era no more shortly after the film wrapped.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • England only played one warm-up match before the series, against an England Lions team, while McCullum’s attack-minded philosophy has also been questioned amid a number of hapless dismissals during the series.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • After coming out of the game briefly three times in the first half, which ended with Boise State trailing 50-29, Meadow played all 20 minutes of the second half and the entirety of the three five-minute OT periods.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2026
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“Role-played.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role-played. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.

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