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.
Recent Examples on the Web
McLellan’s film is set in 1992, going back to his own northern New England past and a peak of PSB’s creativity to reenact the development toward adulthood that is so crucial to the chaos engaged by Millennial youth.
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Armond White, National Review, 10 May 2024
The series tells the story of Donny (Richard Gadd, reenacting a version of his own life), a bartender and wannabe comedian who serves Martha (Jessica Gunning) a free cup of tea, unknowingly starting a yearslong odyssey that begins with thousands of harassing emails and gets worse from there.
—Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
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Armond White, National Review, 10 May 2024
The series tells the story of Donny (Richard Gadd, reenacting a version of his own life), a bartender and wannabe comedian who serves Martha (Jessica Gunning) a free cup of tea, unknowingly starting a yearslong odyssey that begins with thousands of harassing emails and gets worse from there.
—Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for reenact
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“Reenact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reenact. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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