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actions

  • plural
    of action.
    action
    noun
    the process or state of acting or of being active.

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Restructuring and cost-saving actions by HSBC, which include selling off a series of business units this year, have saved the bank $1.4 billion since 2025, it said Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

And while his supporters described him ahead of the 2022 election as the "saviour of the Amazon", praising his commitment to protecting the rainforest, some environmentalists have been critical of some of his recent actions.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Choose any of the situations above, and system collapse remains remote and improbable, usually either because of actions already taken or because the problem is slow-developing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Anthropic’s actions allow users to create derivative songs without paying the copyright holders, the lawsuit says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026

It was inspired by the real-life actions of children, and did not emerge wholly from an adult’s imagination.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin