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
  • Former Republican Secretary of State and election law attorney Scott Gessler, who represented plaintiffs in court, says Democrats tried to circumvent the constitution by bringing two separate but interdependent measures.
    Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • The bill represented a compromise between state leaders and a coalition of progressive lawmakers and labor unions who’d pushed hard for the proposal.
    Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 30 June 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
  • This image combines X-ray data from Chandra along with optical data from the Hubble Space Telescope, depicted here in blue.
    Brett Tingley, Space.com, 1 July 2026
  • Trump captioned his Monday, June 29 post on Truth Social, which depicted the eagle with its wings open wide and carrying a stars and stripes shield.
    Adam England, PEOPLE, 30 June 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
  • When Doncic played for the Dallas Mavericks and led them to the 2024 NBA Finals, his two centers — Derek Lively and Daniel Gafford — were exceptional in their roles as lob threats, blocking shots and rolling to the rim.
    Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • The rivalry is so intense that overnight in Mexico, fans played instruments, sang, and made as much noise as possible outside the Ecuador team hotel to deprive the squad of sleep.
    Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 1 July 2026
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“Role-played.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role-played. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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