act with

Example Sentences

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Raman said Bass had failed to act with urgency on the production of new apartments, repairs to deteriorating infrastructure and the exodus of entertainment industry jobs.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

“My Administration must act with the Congress to ensure that there is a minimally burdensome national standard—not 50 discordant State ones,” wrote President Donald Trump in a December executive order External link.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

“We are in the hardest phase of this outbreak. We need to act with urgency; this is overwhelming.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Tatel is legally blind and seemingly feared that the justice would act with factual blindness.

From Slate • May 7, 2026

Something psychological, such as my act with the New York draft board?

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey