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
Trained This Gopher?' Barrymore asked excitedly if Murray had actually whispered something into Johansson’s ear, to which the comedian reenacted the scene, leaning over and whispering into Barrymore’s ear.
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Rachel Flynn, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Tush Push Friends don’t let friends reenact this Eagles play, a quarterback sneak that involves shoving someone’s posterior with tremendous force.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
They were invited guests, a troupe from Dyersville, Iowa, that comes out of the corn there to reenact Field of Dreams for tourists.
—Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
The brothers first revealed plans for the upcoming movie back in January, with a video of the trio reenacting the famous Love Actually cue card scene.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
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Rachel Flynn, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Tush Push Friends don’t let friends reenact this Eagles play, a quarterback sneak that involves shoving someone’s posterior with tremendous force.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
They were invited guests, a troupe from Dyersville, Iowa, that comes out of the corn there to reenact Field of Dreams for tourists.
—Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
The brothers first revealed plans for the upcoming movie back in January, with a video of the trio reenacting the famous Love Actually cue card scene.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reenact
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But while most saw the moment as a liberating one for women, Horsell saw it as another instance of a female playing top-level sport without the necessary support to perform at her best.—
Asif Burhan,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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According to the family’s lawsuit, no medical or mental-health intake was performed at the jail, and McLemore, who was held in a windowless cell, began to fear food and water.—
Sarah Stillman,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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The torturous clobbering comes after Joel saves Abby from infected hordes and is coldly executed in front of his surrogate daughter, Ellie (Bella Ramsey).—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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The governor had heard reports the cult followed an obscure criminal who had been tortured and executed by the Romans.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2025
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Cronin and his team of agents hoped to persuade Chinese authorities to prosecute Guanghua and Fujing Zheng, a father and son who were the top suspects.—
Sebastian Rotella,
ProPublica,
23 Apr. 2025
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Facebook messages helped prosecute Sarmad Dafar Prosecutors used Dafar’s Facebook messages as evidence in the case, according to the U.S. attorney's office.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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The Affordable Care Act commits the feds to paying for 90% of the cost of covering this expansion population.—
Sally Pipes,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The two are committed as of this writing to participate again, and there’s some amount of pressure placed on the most recent champion to return to the event.—
Hugh Kellenberger,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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His special envoy to Ukraine set a goal of negotiating an agreement even quicker during the first 100 days of Trump's term.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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The European Commission, the EU’s executive branch, negotiates trade deals on behalf of all 27 member states.—
Shannon Carroll,
Quartz,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Reenact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reenact. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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