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act

[akt] / ækt /








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In a healthy brain, synaptic vesicles act as tiny packages that carry chemical messages from one neuron to the next.

From Science Daily

His 2015 movie "Taxi" featured him acting as a taxi driver and was shot entirely in a car.

From Barron's

Under the law, the first assistant U.S. attorney serves as acting U.S. attorney when the post is vacant, and so Habba was put back in charge of the office.

From The Wall Street Journal

Monday's report also found that somebody gained early access to the equivalent financial forecasts in March while Reeves was delivering her Spring Statement, though they did not act on the information.

From BBC

It’s how the sport has gone ruthlessly pro—but people still act like it’s some folksy campus endeavor when it suits their motives.

From The Wall Street Journal