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Banks and law firms often have fiduciaries who act as executors.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

Their decision to belatedly act on an initial approach made by an agent around Ait-Nouri was an admission they are not totally certain of the path they have chosen.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Beijing issued a relatively mild rebuke to the statement Wednesday, saying the G-20 should act in an impartial way based on consensus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

"However, if inflation appears not to be moderating sufficiently, then I think we should act decisively to raise rates."

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

He said: ‘No ambition is too great for us, and no act is too small.’

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

For the bill at Ocean Way, Goldenvoice broke from its usual fine-grained approach to genres and subcultural scenes for a broad but unmistakably beach-day-vibe collection of acts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

"We cannot accept the court's finding today that Han instructed the acts in question or was aware of and approved their unlawful purpose," it said Monday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

RNA acts as an intermediary between the genetic code stored in DNA and the proteins that perform most of a cell's work.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

Dark matter, which is invisible, acts as a kind of gravitational glue, while dark energy is believed to be a repulsive force driving the Universe's expansion.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

Daisy said, “Jay Berry, that pony acts like she knows you. Have you ever seen her before?”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

“WTI is now testing the important $86.50-$88.50 region. This area has acted as resistance previously and also coincides with a long-term bearish trend line,” he told MarketWatch in emailed commentary on Tuesday.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

And last year, Dorsey told People that Josey, or “Jojo,” had already acted in a couple of plays.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

Known as 'Pop III supernovae', these explosions acted as the Universe's first major sources of the heavier elements required to make planets and, eventually, life.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

A proposal to move installations farther west was floated in Trump’s first term but wasn’t acted upon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

When neither of us could answer, they acted out.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

The firm works with management teams of its investee companies, acting as an insider to help them streamline operations and accelerate growth strategies, including overseas acquisitions, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Those are surely factors, but what we are witnessing is a legal show trial, acting out institutionalized vengeance toward a mother who was severely and obviously mentally ill, something on which both sides agree.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

It said it was acting independently without waiting for external enforcement action.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

He welcomed the United States acting as a "guarantor" for investments in Venezuela, which has failed to attract significant capital for more than a decade.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

“You can’t punch someone every time they’re acting a fool,” says Titus.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila