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role-played

verb

variants also roleplayed
past tense of role-play
as in pantomimed

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  1. enacted
  2. represented
  3. acted out
  4. depicted
  5. rendered
  6. played
Verb
  • The state should eliminate the retroactive application of the tax and apply it from the date the law was enacted.
    — Michael Wolfe, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Since then, California has enacted several additional AI laws.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of enacted
Verb
  • His August appointment at The Resurrection Project represented one more step in a long journey.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The previous Democrat to have represented the district is currently Michigan's junior senator, Elissa Slotkin, a former CIA analyst and steadfast moderate.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of represented
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
Definition of acted out
Verb
  • Salort-Pons’s X-ray analysis showed that this costume was the one Velázquez had originally depicted Olivares wearing.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Like the woolly rhino, the Irish elk is depicted on the cave walls of Chauvet in France.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of depicted
Verb
  • Oppenheim has persuasively rendered a grotesque phenomenon, but his curiosity seems to stop at how everyone and everything looked.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Beijing has instead rendered aid and supported the Iranian regime under the table with black market oil refineries, intelligence sharing, and cooperation on technologies.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of rendered
Verb
  • Kerry’s son Noah (played by Shea Pritchard) seems to be doing well for himself, at least, as a kid with college prospects.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The Pentagon spokesperson pushed back on that characterization, questioning how OSC could have played a role if that were the case.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of played
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“Role-played.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role-played. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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