action towards

Example Sentences

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She has since been fired, but it was not immediately clear if the state board would take action towards suspending her license.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2023

“The lack of actual concrete action towards carbon neutrality is very frustrating.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2022

Microsoft didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment; it didn’t reply to The Verge’s request for comment yesterday about whether it had any statement or would take any action towards Activision Blizzard, either.

From The Verge • Nov. 18, 2021

“The risks to balance sheets will start to force more questions being asked to the IMO,” said Ulrik Sanders, managing director at BCG, adding that this would “prompt more action towards decarbonisation”.

From Reuters • Oct. 19, 2021

Milk, heated: action towards rennet, 112; digestibility, 111; flavor of, 110; fermentative changes in, 111; hydrogen peroxid test, 110.

From Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying by Russell, H. L. (Harry Luman)