role-plays

variants also roleplays
present tense third-person singular of role-play

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Verb
  • Eighteen states have passed bills opting to adopt daylight saving time as the permanent standard time, but the laws can’t go into effect until the federal government enacts similar legislation.
    Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2025
  • What Green Crew enacts outdoors, the Climate Psychology Alliance of North America (CPA-NA) advances in therapy rooms and community dialogues.
    Melissa Jun Rowley, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In order to break free of those constraints, Hedda acts out and becomes an architect of destruction.
    Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 23 Oct. 2025
  • At these screenings, the film is shown on the big screen while a cast silently acts out the entire film in front of the audience.
    Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Role-plays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role-plays. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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