role-playing

verb

variants also roleplaying
Definition of role-playingnext
present participle of role-play
as in enacting

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  1. enacting
  2. depicting
  3. representing
  4. playing
Verb
  • Opponents of the law also pointed out that the data didn’t show a link between enacting the Raise the Age legislation and a surge in violent crime.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Today, 29 states mandate free menstrual products in some capacity in schools, with four states enacting laws within the past year.
    Suzanne Herman, refinery29.com, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of enacting
Verb
  • On a gray day in February, the defendants went on trial in Manhattan, and the prosecution began by depicting Horowitz as a master of deception.
    Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The other was off her most recent album, two decades later, depicting complicated love.
    Bryan West, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of depicting
Verb
  • The dial would get Arabic numerals representing each five-minute segment, save for the 3, 6, and 9 o’clock positions, which showed the hours.
    Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2024
  • In another high-profile dispute, the union representing film and television actors in November struck a new labor contract with Hollywood studios that raised performers' pay while putting guardrails on the use of artificial intelligence.
    Alain Sherter, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of representing
Verb
  • The one vocal moment that stood out to me was one of the seven thousand dream sequences where Gaga is belting on a stage with Joker and playing two pianos at once.
    Samantha Allen, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
  • But despite dolphins’ playful reputation, their facial expressions during play had never been investigated before, though studies have established that other mammals, like humans and monkeys, communicate with open-mouthed, smile-like expressions when playing.
    Issy Ronald, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of playing
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