role-played

variants also roleplayed
past tense of role-play

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for role-played
Verb
  • This is not the first time Peru has enacted a state of emergency to address security concerns.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
  • But federal law enacted by Congress requires a party to seek to remove a state case to federal court within 30 days.
    Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Doncic and Hayes are both represented by longtime agent Bill Duffy.
    Khobi Price, Oc Register, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Out-of-pocket health care spending by Medicare beneficiaries represented 39% of Social Security income per person on average in 2022, recent KFF research found.
    Lorie Konish, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As the hitmaker sang while wearing a short white robe and black belt as a dress, background dancers acted out a fight sequence behind her.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2025
  • In the clip, which was shared by celebrity hairstylist Chris Appleton, Jenner and Appleton, 42, acted out daughter Kim Kardashian's viral quote from The Kardashians.
    Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Some Sora users depicted King making crude jokes and other inappropriate content.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
  • In the days after the Sora app was released, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced changes to the app providing rights holders the ability to opt into their likenesses being depicted by AI, rather than such portrayals being allowed by default.
    Bobby Allyn, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Amezcua, the mayor, said the raids have complicated local policing and rendered parents afraid to pick up their children from school.
    J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
  • But Gremlins' Kingston Falls is just as cozily rendered.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The cast has remained famously close over the years, notably coming together to pay tribute to the late Bob Saget, who played core character Danny Tanner, following his death in 2022.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
  • According to his obituary, Funkhouser was born an Air Force brat in Michigan and played football in high school.
    David Chiu, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Role-played.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role-played. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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