an act

Example Sentences

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But I encourage you to reframe your mindset and think of saving for retirement as an act of kindness toward your future self.

From MarketWatch • May 30, 2026

Rejecting science and his British masters, Tomás vows to record the true history and prehistory of his region as an act of “honour and resistance.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

The holiday was officially renamed Memorial Day by an act of Congress in 1971, which is when it was formally designated a federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

In an act of serendipity, he's lived here in a previous incarnation - this was also the home of Poldark, his breakthrough role.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

“I think it might just be an act, but he talks about it all the time.”

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick