Thesaurus results for ROLE-PLAYING

role-playing

verb

variants also roleplaying

present participle of role-play

as in enacting

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In our moment of reckoning, most of the current momentum is going toward enacting social media bans for kids younger than 16.

— Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Let them — especially the new governor, presumably Xavier Becerra — consider enacting new CEQA reforms, holding months of public hearings and ultimately compromising on a deal.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of enacting

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If Graham fails in her bid, she can be forgiven for acting out of loyalty and love for her brother.

— Kathleen Parker, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026
The diagnosis came after the actor learned that his own behavior of acting out dreams could be an early Parkinson's symptom.

— Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of acting out

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The movement earned the name after protesters used signs depicting the pink bird.

— Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
In Egypt, an underwater excavation in Alexandria uncovered a bronze ring depicting the legendary Lighthouse of Alexandria, while prehistoric rock art in Sinai reveals thousands of years of human activity.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of depicting

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First responders arrived on site to find community members rendering medical aid to those who were injured, Moses said.

— Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
Path tracing is an advanced form of ray tracing that's among the most demanding graphics-rendering techniques today, often requiring upscaling and frame generation to achieve a playable frame rate.

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of rendering

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Hadash-Ta’al and Ra’am, representing the 20% of Israel’s population that is Arab, have ten seats.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 18 Oct. 2026
The researchers found that representing this zone as several kilometers wide, rather than as a narrow boundary, helped their model reproduce the observed retreat and thinning from 1996 to 2023.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of representing

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In the case of Yemen, the ground fighters inside the country who are taking on the Houthis are deeply divided and fought each other as recently as January.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
The sharp selloff in bonds has given investors a rare opportunity to lock in stock-market-like returns without taking on the risk that comes with equities, investment advisors to the ultra-wealthy told CNBC.

— Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of taking on

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Each has the perspective of attending East Side schools, playing football and returning to teach and coach at the high school.

— Tom Strong, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
The main reason the Giants have a chance to win every week, though, despite all their injuries and heart-stopping endings, is that Jameis Winston is playing well as their starting quarterback.

— Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026

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