Thesaurus results for ROLE-PLAYING

role-playing

verb

variants also roleplaying

present participle of role-play

as in enacting

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But since daylight saving time has ended, enacting the law now would mean an immediate one-hour time jump forward across the country, barring changes to the legislation.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
Procedural fastidiousness has become an end in itself rather than enacting substantive policy.

— David Bloomfield, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of enacting

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The bonus episodes also include stop-motion animation toy versions of the movie’s characters acting out some of the original film’s biggest moments and interactive games focused on the character’s backstage lives.

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2026
Her sketches got weirder as a way of acting out against her audience.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of acting out

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On the walls inside are archival photographs depicting the house’s history, alongside works by contemporary German artists, including Isa Dahl, Rachel von Morgenstern, Rhea Standke and Ina Gerken.

— Cathrin Schaer, Footwear News, 12 Nov. 2026
Across the West, the outlook favors snow in the Rocky Mountains and at higher elevations in California, while depicting valleys and lower-lying areas as less certain.

— Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of depicting

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But there is fear among players and coaches that appeals by the NCAA could ultimately go against them, rendering them ineligible again.

— Dave Skretta, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026
Some of the fleet’s older satellites suffered from atomic clock failures, rendering them partially or totally unusable.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of rendering

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The booster also supported six Starlink flights before taking on USSF-432.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
In the case of Yemen, the ground fighters inside the country who are taking on the Houthis are deeply divided and fought each other as recently as January.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of taking on

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Saddiq Bey had 13 points for New Orleans, which was playing the opener of a two-game California trip.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
The digital creator has gone viral a number of times in the past for his whiteface sketches, from playing a rowdy redneck to Erika Kirk.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 8 Nov. 2026

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