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[akt] / ækt /








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Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh has stressed the importance of ensuring that inflation returns to the 2% target and indicated that the central bank would act by raising interest rates if necessary.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

In Na’s case, however, this is just a first act.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Det Con Charlotte Couch, from Avon and Somerset Police, said: "We understand the immense fear this incident caused, with witnesses believing at the time this was an active act of terror."

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

It can detect small pieces of proteins that originate inside a cancer cell and are then transported to the cell surface, where they act like identifying tags.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

I could sit and act like nothing happened earlier, like Rachel hadn’t publicly announced that I was her charity friend.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

In “The Dark Knight,” Christopher Nolan fills Gotham with bombings, acts of mass surveillance and questions about how far is too far.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

A foreperson acts as a spokesperson for a jury in any US legal case, meaning they are the person delivering a verdict and sending notes to the judge on behalf of the 12-person panel.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

A separate agent running on the same machine acts as a check on the Muse agent and doesn’t allow it to reach the internet unless approved.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

Many recent stand-up acts might be critically acclaimed, but too few of them seem to garner the level of public praise as others do ire from fans.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2026

Third, and finally, Adams derived deep personal satisfaction from singular acts of principle that defied the agendas of both political parties.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

For a brief period, the industry acted less like individual companies and more like custodians of a shared national responsibility.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

He said the documents show what the city "knew about the toxic air around Ground Zero, when they knew it, and how they acted to limit liability".

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

"If the temperature acted as a trigger, it seems that it needed to wait until the rock was right at the tipping point of collapse," she added.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

Regulators will also determine whether Tesla acted based on assumptions that certain Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards don’t apply to the Cybercab.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

Nigro and Collins both acted fatherly toward the boy, but Collins’s relationship lasted more than fifteen years.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

But I'd rather there had been fewer acting sequences and more gameplay.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

On X, Mr. Coxon elaborated: He had worked for both OpenAI and Anthropic, and said “neither company is acting responsibly.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

“Grangeville,” which Flynn directed for Ruskin Group Theatre, features an acting master class from Tim Cummings and Jeff LeBeau that should not be missed.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

“Neither company is acting responsibly,” he wrote on X yesterday.

From Slate Sep. 9, 2026

“There’s going to be legal wrangling. And I’ll have to take whatever acting parts I can get until I’ve gotten everything straightened out.”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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