Thesaurus results for ROLE-PLAYED

role-played

verb

variants also roleplayed

past tense of role-play

as in pantomimed

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Advertisement Ohio Ohio, which was required under state law to redraw its maps ahead of the 2026 elections, enacted new district lines that reshaped two districts in Republicans’ favor.

— Connor Greene, Time, 8 Nov. 2026
Even if a voter approved of policies enacted during his first few years, they were distracted when the focus was on him.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 8 Nov. 2026

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The union bargains with the Chicago Parking Association, which represents the more than a dozen private parking companies that employ the parking garage attendants, porters and customer service representatives represented by Local 727.

— Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
Cossovitsa continued to suggest that the Cypriot government was unwilling to support a project that predominantly represented Turkish Cypriots.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2026

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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

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The small-boat crossings have been depicted as a crisis by politicians including Nigel Farage of the hard-right party Reform UK, and have been used as a rallying point by anti-immigration activists.

— Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
What readers are saying The conversation explores a mix of humor and skepticism regarding the use of AI, as depicted in Edith Pritchett's cartoon.

— Edith Pritchett, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of depicted

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The spreadsheet era has lasted far too long, along with QA practices that were rendered obsolete three to four years ago.

— Stefan Gogoll, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Hang on through an opening salvo of political jokes that elapsed time and Tuesday’s election results have rendered stale (Rudy Giuliani, anybody?

— Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of rendered

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Federal district judges, even at the risk of physical threats, played a key role by throttling unconstitutional White House efforts to seize state voting records, curtail mail-in voting and manipulate the count in Alaska.

— James D. Zirin, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
That is underscored by the fact that Democrats also certainly played a role in getting the word out about Amendment 3.

— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026

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