act upon
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Draghi's replacement at the head of the ECB, Christine Lagarde, delivered a similar message about the European single market being unfulfilled and the responsibility of national leaders to act upon Draghi's report.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
However, if you did not take note of this fact and act upon it, that is your mistake.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 14, 2026
The legislation mandated that Congress must act upon a rescission request within 45 days or it was null, and historically, a lot of them never saw the light of day.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2025
It found that the parents had not shown a likelihood of success, reasoning that mere exposure to ideas, without compulsion to affirm or act upon them, did not constitute a substantial burden on religious exercise.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2025
Rather, every flower, shrub, and tree was to be deployed with an eye to how each would act upon the imagination.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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