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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
role-play .
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Examples
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While they role-played Avatar for hours, I played in the yard and I got so much done!
Babysitter Day! The Curious Holts 2009
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While they role-played Avatar for hours, I played in the yard and I got so much done!
Archive 2009-08-01 The Curious Holts 2009
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Adolescence is another country, it says, and seen through this lens of hybridised culture, that characteristically American high school society of cliques and coteries seems every bit as role-played as the pirate eye patch Chance wears on his second day of school.
Archive 2009-04-01 Hal Duncan 2009
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He role-played with imaginary landlords: the cordial ones and the bullies.
The Language Christopher Allen 2011
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A clear example of this took place in Manhattan last week at the Economist magazine's Buttonwood Conference, where a panel role-played the federal government's response to a near default of the hypothetical state of New Jefferson.
State Bailouts? They've Already Begun Meredith Whitney 2010
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Adolescence is another country, it says, and seen through this lens of hybridised culture, that characteristically American high school society of cliques and coteries seems every bit as role-played as the pirate eye patch Chance wears on his second day of school.
The Curiosity of Chance Hal Duncan 2009
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After a stale PowerPoint presentation each of us role-played with the person to our left.
Inside The Vegas Party Machine Steven Bertoni 2011
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After two days of simulations--when teams representing competitors and stakeholders role-played against a "company" team--the executives understood that a strong competitor on the sidelines was likely to enter the market aggressively.
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In a recent study led by Richard Petty, a psychologist at Ohio State, undergraduates role-played a scenario between a boss and an underling.
The Power Trip 2010
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But then The Beast ruined it, by telling us too much: "I've role-played a couple times, ah, back in Texas, mainly with horses and cows."
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