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overacting

verb

present participle of overact

as in enacting

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City codes show the council has 60 days to consider enacting the proposal before it can be placed on the ballot.

— Dylan Lysen July 6, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026
In doing so, ERISA blocks states from enacting comprehensive health insurance reforms, including those promoting health insurance equity.

— Miranda Yaver, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

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But parents could make a lesson out of going on a trip to the bank, or with very young children, Tsuei recommends pretend play, such as acting out buying toys from a store.

— Jillian Pretzel, Parents, 30 June 2026
But, again, is acting out of expediency and the desire to streamline a conclusive end the same as delivering a final season representing the best of The Bear?

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026

Definition of acting out

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Some of the most notable moments show Atlas imitating human emotional reactions.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 24 June 2026
To celebrate, Gazza lay down on the grass and opened his mouth wide, imitating the dentist’s chair that had got him and his team-mates into so much bother a few weeks earlier.

— The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 18 June 2026

Definition of imitating

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After the game, a disappointing loss to Côte d’Ivoire, some Ecuador fans asked their Ivorian counterparts to swap jerseys, mimicking a post-match tradition among players.

— Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 6 July 2026
And after celebrating by mimicking a fishing motion in honor of his Bass Pro Shops sponsor, Briscoe soaked it all in.

— Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2026

Definition of mimicking

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Ficarra is a brilliant clown — his part is all miming — and also the most level-headed of these characters.

— Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
Müldür immediately ran off towards the assistant referee, pointing at Almirón and miming the action the Atlanta United forward had done.

— George Edwards, New York Times, 21 June 2026

Definition of miming

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But many women who have become first lady of California and the nation have expressed misgivings about taking on such a role.

— Jenny Jarvie Follow, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Financial services have historically directed the investing conversation at men, even as moms are often the ones taking on the bulk of the research, planning, emotional labor and logistics of family life.

— Natalie Gordon, Fortune, 6 July 2026

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George Clooney will receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 83rd edition of the Venice Film Festival, recognizing a career that has spanned acting, directing and producing across film and television.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026
Streever sent the email in January to Todd Lyons, then the acting director of ICE, after an immigration officer fatally shot Minneapolis resident Renee Good during an anti-ICE demonstration.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 July 2026

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