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actor

[ak-ter] / ˈæk tər /


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The former dinner lady's campaign brought her into contact with prime ministers, lords, and Hollywood actor Hugh Grant's Hacked Off campaign.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

But the ruling, which cited prosecutorial misconduct, does not prevent prosecutors from seeking a new indictment against the actor.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

A few years ago, singer and actor Joe Jonas partnered with Merz-owned Xeomin to appeal to both men and women.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The actor said she was approached by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to ask if she would voice the personal assistant function; she declined.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Maybe I should be an actor when I grow up, Finn thought as he buckled his seat belt in Ms. Morales’s SUV.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

There were movie stars and there were television actors, and rarely did the twain meet.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

But inside OpenAI and other tech companies, leaders have long warned their employees that bad actors could be after their secrets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Each of the lawsuits mentioned above boils down to how much weight, deference, or credibility this court will give to other actors in the legal system, whether that’s Congress, expert agencies, or state actors.

From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2026

The company uses AI to generate backgrounds, visual effects, and synthetic humans for its slate of films, but a lot of the performances are shot on soundstages across L.A. using actors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

For, much as actors specialize in pretending to be that which they are not, often with the use of clever disguises, noses made of putty and inscrutable accents, this parrot, too, was pretending.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood


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