an act

Example Sentences

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On Monday, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged $5m as an act of solidarity.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

The holiday was officially renamed Memorial Day by an act of Congress in 1971, which is when it was formally designated a federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

“Many families underestimate how emotionally and financially demanding caregiving can become because they often view caring for parents primarily as an act of love,” Nguyen said.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

It’s a scrubbing of the past, an act of forgetting.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

To reveal the secrets of the Ice Court, to see his homeland once more only to know that every step he took there was an act of treason—could he do such a thing?

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo