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playacts

verb

present tense third-person singular of playact

as in poses

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Nighthawks poses a series of questions and references that together offer the viewer traces of meaning.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
The first two are minor, but the third poses an important change.

— Letters to the Editor, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of poses

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Perfecth also acts as a time machine where Homme has dimmed the dials to the ’70s and snapped them clean off.

— Jason Pettigrew, SPIN, 21 Oct. 2026
Yamada Takayuki leads the series as Hojo, a high-flying businessman fixated on the unexplained who acts as its storyteller.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of acts

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Directed by Kim Han-gyul, the film is an adaptation of 2012 Swedish film Cockpit about a pilot who pretends to be his own younger sister after being fired from his job.

— Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2026
Everyone pretends the films were chosen purely on merit, but the slate often reads Hollywood with a lanyard and a conscience.

— Joseph Kahn, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of pretends

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When his detective twin brother, James, disappears, Ludwig impersonates him to help his sister-in-law, Lucy (Anna Maxwell Martin), solve the mystery.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 27 Aug. 2026
Security researchers at Jamf Threat Labs have uncovered CrashStealer, a new Mac information stealer that impersonates Apple's crash-reporting software.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

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