reenacts

verb

Definition of reenactsnext
present tense third-person singular of reenact
as in performs
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 Synonyms for reenacts
  1. performs
  2. executes
  3. commits
  4. recreates
  5. depicts
Verb
  • Blue Ivy performs alongside her mom Beyoncé and Jay-Z's 12-year-old daughter Blue Ivy Carter was alongside her mom during the big halftime show.
    Caché McClay, The Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2024
  • First, there are those who lip-sync – like Kili Paul, a Tanzanian social media star who performs Bollywood and other movie hits against the backdrop of his rural community — a mix of greenery and low-slung buildings.
    Ari Daniel, NPR, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of performs
Verb
  • Fred Battisti develops and executes a companywide leasing strategy as First National Realty Partners' Chief Revenue Officer.
    Fred Battisti, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • If the company executes well on its foundry plans and delivers compelling new CPU and GPU chips, Intel could see almost 3x upside.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of executes
Verb
  • Each therapy dog team commits to at least two to three two-hour shifts monthly, the airport notes.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Like, perhaps, directing ABC to a settlement that commits $15 million to the president-elect’s future presidential museum.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of commits
Verb
  • The exhibition recreates the Israeli music festival with items salvaged from the scene and witness testimonies, while asking participants to seek the return of the hostages taken at the festival.
    Martin Vassolo, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Phil Hoad recreates the story for us with a great sense of pacing and style, taking in not just the main elements of the tale, but expanding his aperture to explore the larger treasure-hunting subculture.
    Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of recreates
Verb
  • This depicts life in a Syrian village through a complex family drama.
    Jane Levere, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Created in the 1890s, the piece depicts a man and two women, one old and one young.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of depicts
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