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playact

[play-akt] / ˈpleɪˌækt /














VERB
tread the boards
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Norah O’Donnell, the “CBS Evening News” and “60 Minutes” journalist, said she used to playact as Ms. Walters.

From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2022

As a youngster, Brian liked to playact with the toys he made.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 29, 2020

This is a part of the Fake Mean mode we sometimes affect with each other, which I find very soothing, because it lets us playact animosity without getting too real about it.

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2018

Do today’s guests want a 19th-century stage set on which to playact high society?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2016

The obvious response is that they never let us do anything but playact with our guns.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins


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