role-played

variants also roleplayed
past tense of role-play

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for role-played
Verb
  • If the executive order is enacted and ultimately upheld by the courts, states would have to provide lists of eligible voters to the federal government, and any mail-in ballots would only be sent to people on those lists.
    Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The problem is that those court orders conflict with guidelines enacted by conferences such as the SEC and Big Ten.
    Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Mays defended the Klan in the case, according to Richard Cohen, the president of the Southern Poverty Law Center and one of the lawyers who represented Donald’s family.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Among the original braceros who arrived in the 1940s was the grandfather of one of the show’s advisory council members, Martha Escutia, an attorney and former state senator who represented parts of Southeast Los Angeles.
    Isa Farfan, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • His siblings were aghast to see [their father] Ralph depicted as the hapless poor dad in the book.
    Christopher Cox, Vanity Fair, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Last month, a mural in Tehran’s Palestine Square depicted members of the First Family above coffins draped in American flags.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Written and rendered by dudes who longed for unlimited success, these are songs about cheating and being cheated on and trying but failing to be content, or love as lived amid capitalist indulgence.
    Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Hopkins said modern safety design wraps uranium fuel pellets in multiple layers of heavy-duty ceramics and graphite casing, and they’re rendered inert when separated.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Jack Coleman, who played her father on the NBC drama, shared an emotional tribute on Instagram.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The Hunger Games prequel Sunrise on the Reaping is taking fans of the dystopian franchise back to Panem for the Second Quarter Quell, in which one Haymitch Abernathy (now played by Aussie actor Joseph Zada) will be forced to fight for his life.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Aug. 2026
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“Role-played.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role-played. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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