Example Sentences

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At least that’s how investors are acting lately.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

As for your role: You are acting under a power of attorney and therefore have a fiduciary duty to act in your father’s best interests.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

The other is more direct: receptors for GLP-1, the hormone these drugs mimic, appear on the surface of some tumor cells, raising the possibility that the drugs are acting on cancer biology itself.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

"The Department for Education appears to think promoting pantomime-style reels is somehow going to reassure parents that they are acting in our children's best interests," she added.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

One of the things I’m not loving about this year is how a lot of the kids are acting like they’re too grown-up to play things anymore.

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio