Thesaurus results for ROLE-PLAYED

role-played

verb

variants also roleplayed

past tense of role-play

as in pantomimed

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Had the Sunshine Protection Act been enacted earlier this year, there would have been no clock change on Sunday.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
Participation in daylight saving time has been standard across much of the United States since 1966, when the Uniform Time Act was enacted.

— Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of enacted

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The San Joaquin Valley district represented by Valadao, which already had a Democratic majority, added about 100,000 Fresno residents, turning it even bluer.

— Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
The Haskell Free Library and Opera House opened in 1901 with the US-Canada border running right through the middle of the building, represented by a black line on the floor.

— Omar Jimenez, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of represented

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But this post-apocalyptic drama turns out to be actually a play, being acted out on a technologically complex stage.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2026
Prosecutors claimed Davis acted out of revenge for Shakur and his crew previously beating on Orlando Anderson, Davis’ nephew.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of acted out

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He also was depicted there as the Marlboro Man, a cowboy on horseback and with a white Stetson who could ride to the rescue, on everything from baseball caps to beer cozies.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
Isabella’s son Federico II seems to have taken more care to have his own pets depicted accurately.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of depicted

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With each impact, Sarah’s face disintegrates into a bloodier pulp, her bone structure buckling under every successive thud until Nikki has finally and irrevocably rendered the character a faceless corpse.

— Chris Lee, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
The umbrella was quickly rendered useless as the winds were blowing hard.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of rendered

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Both came on fourth down, after the Chiefs had played gallantly near the goal line.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
Taaffe and JuJu Brents, who had both played generally well for six games, each was beaten on TD passes in the second half, when Maye went 9 for 10 for 148 yards.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026

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