reenact
verb
re·en·act
ˌrē-ə-ˈnakt 
reenacted; reenacting; reenacts
1
: to enact (something, such as a law) again
2
: to act or perform again
3
: to repeat the actions of (an earlier event or incident)
Examples of reenact in a Sentence
The group reenacted a famous American Civil War battle.
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Indeed, the Swiss broadcaster Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS), in its 1962 documentary on Baldwin, Un étranger dans le village, should have addressed a central conundrum of the essay—the absence of Black people in the village—instead of just reenacting the piece of writing in visual form.
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Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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Intent to prove his vitality now that Loretta has a hot new co-star, Oliver volunteers to reenact the murder to test the plausibility of the time frame.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2024
The final shot in the promo video shows the Canadian singer being drenched with buckets of what appears to be Gatorade, reenacting the tradition carried out by winning NFL teams over the years.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024
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Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
In the final shot of the promo video, the Canadian singer was drenched with buckets of what appeared to Gatorade — reenacting a tradition carried out by winning NFL teams over the years.
—Daniela Avila, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
Intent to prove his vitality now that Loretta has a hot new co-star, Oliver volunteers to reenact the murder to test the plausibility of the time frame.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2024
The final shot in the promo video shows the Canadian singer being drenched with buckets of what appears to be Gatorade, reenacting the tradition carried out by winning NFL teams over the years.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Reenact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reenact. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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