acted on

VERB

take action

Synonyms

STRONGEST

pursue

WEAK

act upon follow follow up on motivate

Antonyms

WEAK

have no effect on

Example Sentences

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This includes why historic allegations made against Fayed before his death were not fully acted on.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

A small number of school districts have acted on their own, with some in Connecticut blocking or limiting students’ YouTube access.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Instead of altering the genes themselves, evolution acted on regulatory elements, often described as genetic "switches," that control when and where these genes are activated.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

As of Friday morning, the Israeli army had not acted on warnings the day before that it would strike wide areas in the capital's south.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Both these arguments thus depended on prior acceptance of the mechanistic or corpuscular philosophy, according to which matter is passive and always acted on from outside.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton