role-playing

variants also roleplaying
present participle of role-play

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Verb
  • The Republic could not get a straightforward answer to the question of how much money was being put toward enacting the plan's recommendations, despite multiple interviews and emailed requests to state employees charged with implementing them.
    Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The league this season is enacting several parts of the new collective bargaining agreement even those the full CBA doesn’t go into effect until the 2026-27 season.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Then Bostwick hits the road through November for screenings around the country with live shadow casts of performers acting out the movie in front of the screen.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
  • An animal physiotherapist and acupuncturist, Megan Taylor, posted on her Instagram @tayloredvetphysio the question of whether owners have noticed their senior dogs dreaming more intensely or acting out compared to younger canines.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The publication, curated by researcher Maria Pirulli, sheds light on da Vinci’s contribution to the fashion, textile, beauty and luxury industries, depicting the artist as an ahead-of-his-time champion of Made in Italy and branding.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Jessica Guistolise, Megan Hurley and Molly Kelley talk with CNBC in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on July 11, 2025, about fake pornographic images and videos depicting their faces made by their mutual friend Ben using AI site DeepSwap.
    Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In early January 2025, the Bureau of Land Management website explained the communities are in an area that climate change is rendering uninhabitable, mentioning climate eight times.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Miu Miu leaned into tradition, rendering argyle in a restrained palette that nodded to its country club roots.
    Minty Mellon, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After years of representing the best and brightest from the worlds of entertainment, sports, music and culture, the WME Group executive chairman and TKO Group CEO is becoming talent himself, launching a new video podcast called Rushmore.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
  • One lawyer representing patients who say they were harmed by the drug says his firm has gotten an influx of more than a thousand calls this week from potential new clients asking for information.
    Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • From receiving a stark warning from a tech titan to earning a permanent thank-you from another, Risher’s unconventional career has been defined by taking on ambitious challenges.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
  • This is particularly true now that Middleton is back to taking on more engagements after her cancer.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Levi stars in the movie as his real-life father's son while Kay is playing the mother of Matthew's character.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The actors, playing for Planned Parenthood and Philadelphia food bank Philabundance, won the coveted $1 million prize.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Role-playing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/role-playing. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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