action
Example Sentences
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He is also taking legal action against the magazine that broke the story.
From BBC
The union is consulting its members over potential industrial action over pay, to gauge the appetite before committing to a formal ballot.
From BBC
"I make a link between the actions carried out in neighbouring countries" and claimed by "small groups that referred to the conflict," he said.
From Barron's
Their action then endangered that key commercial maritime route.
From BBC
In September, her agency issued a “call to action” to public officials, saying 100 storefronts and one-third of commercial space is vacant, “a higher vacancy rate than Detroit.”
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
