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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
act .
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Examples
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Fania Records can be described as the Latin equivalent to Motown: The label acted as an incubator for the sound that became known as salsa.
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Fania Records can be described as the Latin equivalent to Motown: The label acted as an incubator for the sound that became known as salsa.
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Fania Records can be described as the Latin equivalent to Motown: The label acted as an incubator for the sound that became known as salsa.
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Fania Records can be described as the Latin equivalent to Motown: The label acted as an incubator for the sound that became known as salsa.
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Fania Records can be described as the Latin equivalent to Motown: The label acted as an incubator for the sound that became known as salsa.
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Had the AWOL Bush and the 5 time draft dodger Cheney not acted from the "gut" but been more deliberative, 4500 young Americans may still be alive, not to mention all the ones maimed.
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She was entertaining the neighborhood kids by showing how her cousin acted out the big scene.
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They all remind me of the way John McCain acted during the election.
CNN Truth Squad: Does the reform bill create 53 new bureaucracies?
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Remember when McCain acted incredulously when Obama pointed out that Ahmadinejad was not the most powerful person in Iran?
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Sarah Palin acted like a bully during the campaign and now she is acting like a coward.
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