reenacted

past tense of reenact

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of reenacted The show reenacted a 1978 altercation in which McConaughey’s Dickens confronted Bell after Bell allegedly exposed himself to children. Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Aug. 2026 Last year, in honor of her 24th birthday, comedian and actor Grace Reiter and a few friends reenacted The Hunger Games from memory. Shannon Carlin, Time, 14 July 2026 However, the citation was in regard to explaining irreparable harm, meaning a type of harm that monetary damages can’t cure and one that applies to college athletes who miss games, practices and other opportunities for NFL development that will never be replayed or reenacted. Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 June 2026 Books, movies, and museums have become increasingly interactive, but there's still nothing quite like standing in the very places where fossils and relics were discovered, or watching history reenacted. Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 12 June 2026 That statute was first enacted through the Nationality Act in 1940 and then reenacted in the Immigration and Nationality Act in 1952. Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026 The main set of the Apple TV show’s Venice shoot is the Palazzo del Cinema, where the festival’s upcoming 83rd edition is being reenacted for the show six months in advance. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026 The first festival-like celebration occurred in 1927, when a group of school children reenacted the first tree planting, Mayhew said. Chandelis Duster, NPR, 23 Mar. 2026 Opening the second half with an especially poignant scene, a different pair reenacted the many days when even choosing to get out of bed and face another day of disability is difficult. Cory Trenda, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reenacted
Verb
  • In July 2026, humanoid robots performed live laparoscopic gallbladder removals on a patient for the first time.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
  • By using drones to deliver fires, Russia can adhere to its traditional doctrine while replacing many of the roles previously performed by artillery and tanks.
    Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • According to the United Nations, executions have surged over the last six months, with at least 56 people executed on national security charges since mid-March — including 27 linked to protests earlier this year.
    Greg Myre, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Code executed during that interruption altered the prediction machinery before the processor could use it.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Fenech was the last of a half-dozen people charged in the plot to be prosecuted.
    Kevin Schembri Orland, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Now, Bartko fears death in a Kansas prison cell or deportation to Belarus, where her friends have been prosecuted as political agitators.
    Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • During his absence, Haiti’s transitional authorities adopted a controversial decree shielding senior government officials accused of malfeasance and other crimes committed while in office from prosecution in the country’s regular courts.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026
  • La Palma employs low-energy lighting and air conditioning and is committed to paper reduction using QR codes in the room instead.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The boy’s biological mother still had not gotten childcare assistance, but Cox had negotiated a deal with a childcare provider to offer a massive discount.
    Moriah Balingit, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Keiko Funato negotiated the deal on behalf of Alpha Violet, with Magnou Arnábal representing Montelona.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Angus Young has repeated in interviews over the years that all this imagery and lyrical content about hell and the devil was pure tongue-in-cheek theatrics and nothing more.
    Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The range has been repeated across the Nigerian business press for four months with a confidence its authors never claimed for it.
    Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

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“Reenacted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reenacted. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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