as in to perform
to act out a past event; to enact again
The group reenacted a famous American Civil War battle.
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Recent Examples of reenact
There is much to reenact, to explain and unravel and contextualize, in a legal saga that began on Nov. 2, 2007, the morning Kercher’s body was discovered, and had yet to be fully resolved as late as this year.
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Judy Berman, Time, 20 Aug. 2025
And that is to reenact his descent on the Golden Escalator to announce his first presidential candidacy ten years earlier.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 18 Aug. 2025
One hundred twenty-five years later, on the same quay in Geneva, a theater troupe reenacts the event every Sunday.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
Prosecutors assembled the couple’s bed in the middle of the courtroom and attempted to reenact the death of Galva as described by Crespo in his statements to police.
—Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
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Judy Berman, Time, 20 Aug. 2025
And that is to reenact his descent on the Golden Escalator to announce his first presidential candidacy ten years earlier.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 18 Aug. 2025
One hundred twenty-five years later, on the same quay in Geneva, a theater troupe reenacts the event every Sunday.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
Prosecutors assembled the couple’s bed in the middle of the courtroom and attempted to reenact the death of Galva as described by Crespo in his statements to police.
—Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reenact
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This is when your liver is so scarred up that there’s barely enough normal tissue to perform the routine functions of the liver.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Scientists performed dental exams and took blood samples — participants also filled out dietary questionnaires.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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This opens a door for attackers to destabilize the browser or system its running on, to execute their own code.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Most of them are going to come down to track position, pit strategy, executing on pit road.—
Lydia Mee,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Comey, who prosecuted high-profile defendants including Sean Combs, Robert Hadden, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, was fired in July.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
15 Sep. 2025
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Neither Vance nor Miller identified groups that could be prosecuted or face other actions from the administration.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
15 Sep. 2025
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Hamas is a genocidal terrorist organization committed to Israel’s destruction.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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But within those few episodes is a devastating story about a young boy who commits a horrendous crime that unfolds in excruciating detail, with each episode consisting of a single long shot.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Its Office for Civil Rights investigates allegations at schools and negotiates corrective actions.—
Fred Clasen-Kelly,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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Looking forward, 185 countries are negotiating a global plastics treaty aimed at ending plastic pollution by 2040, and to promote a closed loop approach, phasing out unnecessary plastics and encouraging the use of sustainable alternatives.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Reenact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reenact. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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