plural in form but singular in construction
: a book in the New Testament narrating the beginnings of the Christian church
called also Acts of the Apostles
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The project’s directors and producers, Susan Lacy (HBO’s Jane Fonda in Five Acts and Spielberg) and Jessica Levin (HBO’s The Janes and Jane Fonda in Five Acts) conducted extensive one-on-one interviews for the project.
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2025
Both the House and Senate have passed stablecoin bills—the STABLE and GENIUS Acts, respectively—out of committee.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 4 Apr. 2025
Han, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature last year, has written about the Jeju uprising before in the brutal and lucid 2014 novel Human Acts.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
The act was part of a series of four laws passed in 1798 known as the Alien and Sedition Acts.
—Jennifer Selin, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2025
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2025
Both the House and Senate have passed stablecoin bills—the STABLE and GENIUS Acts, respectively—out of committee.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 4 Apr. 2025
Han, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature last year, has written about the Jeju uprising before in the brutal and lucid 2014 novel Human Acts.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
The act was part of a series of four laws passed in 1798 known as the Alien and Sedition Acts.
—Jennifer Selin, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for Acts
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“Acts.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Acts. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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