act on/upon
phrasal verb
acted on/upon; acting on/upon; acts on/upon
: to use (something, such as a feeling or suggestion) as a reason or basis for doing something
They never acted on the information they had.
It's okay to feel angry or jealous, but you mustn't act on those feelings.
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Bricker pursued her own accomplishments as an acrobat and aerialist, including touring as a featured act on Britney Spears' World Tour and a selection into the Gallery of Legends Hall of Fame by the World Acrobatic Society.
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Colson Thayer, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
The ability to compile data from multiple sources and act on behalf of the user as well as experiment with different metrics and run tests autonomously allows AI agents to be much more flexible than previously possible and be much more thorough with the coverage of tasks possible.
—Aamish Ahmad Beg, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
The actor had gone on to act on shows such as Oz and Riverdale.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Scientists also suspect GLP-1s act on parts of the brain involved in reward, which could explain why people desire food less while on them.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 26 Mar. 2025
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Colson Thayer, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
The ability to compile data from multiple sources and act on behalf of the user as well as experiment with different metrics and run tests autonomously allows AI agents to be much more flexible than previously possible and be much more thorough with the coverage of tasks possible.
—Aamish Ahmad Beg, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
The actor had gone on to act on shows such as Oz and Riverdale.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Scientists also suspect GLP-1s act on parts of the brain involved in reward, which could explain why people desire food less while on them.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 26 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for act on/upon
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“Act on/upon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/act%20on%2Fupon. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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