act
noun
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance.
will act
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future tenseof act.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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"But they are locked in a race to get there first," he added, saying that Anthropic "believe no one else will act responsibly, so they must do it themselves".
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
A bigger source of comfort has been a building trust on Wall Street that Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh will act as a steady hand for markets since his Jackson Hole speech.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Cantor Fitzgerald will act as a broker, buying or selling blocks of event contracts and helping to distribute them through private negotiations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
“So I will act with integrity, our prosecutors will act with integrity, we will prosecute without fear or any sort of favor, and that’s exactly what we have been doing.”
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
It was not an event of much moment; but my memory of it is clear, and it will act as a serviceable specimen of the conversations among our academicians.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
