role-playing

variants also roleplaying
present participle of role-play

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • Among them was an amicus curiae signed by 200 Members of Congress urging the court to uphold the findings of the lower courts—namely, that the president overstepped his executive authority in enacting the tariffs using IEEPA.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Some of the companies enacting job cuts are simply looking to rein in spending — including firms at the core of the AI boom.
    Jared Perlo, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Kinahans seemed to be acting out of pure rage.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • But when her school’s principal suggests that her acting out might be covering up a learning disability, Claire’s mom is hesitant to have her evaluated.
    Sara Rowe Mount, Parents, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In a truly enormous space, over 100,000 square feet, that was once a Lord & Taylor department store, you are greeted with giant murals depicting Netflix shows on all sides.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Fantasy River is primarily blue, depicting a river and its banks filled with foliage as petals appear to fall from the sky.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Tagliabue had insisted he be directly involved in all labor negotiations, basically rendering useless the Management Council of club executives that had handled such duties for nearly two decades.
    NPR, NPR, 9 Nov. 2025
  • George Miller spent 40 years building the Mad Max universe, but holds little fear for technology that can recreate a version of his dystopian dust bowl within seconds of rendering a text prompt.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • While the wild harvest is prominent, there is growing interest in establishing commercial black walnut orchards in Arkansas and the Midwest, representing a long-term investment.
    Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Shannon Minter, the legal director for the National Center for LGBTQ Rights and an attorney representing the group, said some plaintiffs could stand to lose millions of dollars.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The figure of Achilles, a warrior who singlehandedly choked a river with dead enemies before taking on the river god himself, provided a model for Alexander the Great and persists in contemporary popular entertainment, political speech, and military culture in celebrations of shock and awe.
    Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Sunday’s game could be the first Clasico to feature English players in both teams — with Madrid duo Jude Bellingham and Trent Alexander-Arnold potentially taking on Barcelona’s Marcus Rashford.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Nobody will hold Gjoshe to his hopeful timescale of playing again within a month.
    Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2025
  • What's the most difficult part of playing a character like Peter?
    Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Role-playing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role-playing. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.

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