as in to perform
to act out a past event; to enact again
The group reenacted a famous American Civil War battle.
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So when South Koreans watched in shock and anger as their current president, Yoon Suk Yeol, declared martial law on live TV last night, some feared their democratic country was veering dangerously close to reenacting that dark chapter.
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Nectar Gan, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
As part of the settlement, which ACLU’s executive director called the most important in the organization’s 103-year history, the federal government will be barred until at least 2031 from reenacting immigration policies that separate children and parents.
—Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024
The Netflix anthology series reenacts some of the most notorious murder cases across the country, including Jeffrey Dahmer’s horrifying killing spree and the crimes of Erik and Lyle Menendez.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
In January 1961, in a moment vividly reenacted, with some light fictionalization, in A Complete Unknown, Dylan found Guthrie at the New Jersey hospital where he was being treated for Huntington’s disease.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2024
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Nectar Gan, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
As part of the settlement, which ACLU’s executive director called the most important in the organization’s 103-year history, the federal government will be barred until at least 2031 from reenacting immigration policies that separate children and parents.
—Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024
The Netflix anthology series reenacts some of the most notorious murder cases across the country, including Jeffrey Dahmer’s horrifying killing spree and the crimes of Erik and Lyle Menendez.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
In January 1961, in a moment vividly reenacted, with some light fictionalization, in A Complete Unknown, Dylan found Guthrie at the New Jersey hospital where he was being treated for Huntington’s disease.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2024
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Vistra has more than tripled in value to become the second best performing stock in the S & P 500 this year, outpacing chip powerhouse Nvidia and trailing only Palantir Technologies .Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
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Then, on a daily basis, a batch analysis is performed, the results being delivered to in-house cyber security experts to review.Davey Winder, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Smith, now 74, was scheduled to be executed for the 1989 killings of his estranged wife and her teenage sons before it was called off.Landon Mion, Fox News, 28 Dec. 2024
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Application Layer: The layer that executes a user’s trade orders as part of the transaction validation process.Shehan Chandrasekera, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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Their requests come as the incoming president weighs issuing blanket pardons to many people who were convicted in connection to the 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, as well as punishing those involved in prosecuting crimes related to it.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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The pardon attorney then typically asks the prosecuting U.S. Attorney for an opinion.Bill Hamilton, Baltimore Sun, 17 Dec. 2024
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While the Democratic Party remains in a tailspin since its loss in November’s election, which saw its rival Republican Party take the White House, Senate, and House of Representatives, Fetterman is committed to working with the new president-elect.Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Dec. 2024
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Sourav Kumar, 23, Gaurav Singh, 27, Nirmal Singh, 30, and Gurdeep Singh, 22, all of Greenwood, Ind., were charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement.Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
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The appeals panel found that a defense secretary has the power to prevent a war court overseer from negotiating a plea deal as a general principle, just not retroactively.Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 1 Jan. 2025
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In other markets, inventory will be lower and there will be less room to negotiate.Giulia Carbonaro, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Reenact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reenact. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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