coacting

verb

variants or co-acting
Definition of coactingnext
present participle of coact
as in costarring

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  1. imitating
  2. enacting
  3. representing
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  • The former ended up winning a contest involving the most accurate predictions of the high-diving judges’ scores, and as much as this competition suggests that life is imitating art, Hoult insists that the two did not extend their on-camera dynamic to their off-camera one.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Knightley said, before imitating her daughter shunning her from the dance floor at the disco.
    Latoya Gayle, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of imitating
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  • The state has expanded access since Dobbs, enacting a 2023 shield law protecting medical records for out-of-state-patients and medical professionals providing care.
    Cait Kelley, Baltimore Sun, 21 Dec. 2024
  • The school responded by enacting a dress code that resulted in many of those students being sent to detention.
    Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of enacting
Verb
  • About 170 Starbucks stores did not open Tuesday as planned, representing about 2% of stores nationwide, company spokesperson Phil Gee told IndyStar in a statement.
    Alysa Guffey, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
  • John Carro later became an attorney and had a passion for representing Latinos in human rights cases and wanted more Latinos in the legal profession.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of representing
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“Coacting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coacting. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.

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