role-plays

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

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Verb
  • If the federal government enacts the Basic Coordination plan, the bureau will keep scrambling to make emergency decisions to ensure Powell and Mead are operable.
    Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
  • However, the ruthless King Saran (Oscar nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor) has suppressed magic users and enacts a rule of terror, which Zelie hopes to end in order to reunite Orisha’s clans.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Fleming acts out each detail with gusto, and this full sensory barrage earns him his loudest round of applause yet.
    John Roy, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Roper acts out this realization about [Teddy’s allegiance].
    Hunter Ingram, Variety, 1 Feb. 2026
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“Role-plays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role-plays. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.

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