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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Angel Saunders, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
Fable’s latest creation reenacts the five days following Altman’s removal using SIM-1, a decision-making AI framework powered by GPT-4o.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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.
—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
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“Reenact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reenact. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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