Antonyms for act uponact up·on

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1. • Affect

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1. influence, act upon, workverb

   have and exert influence or effect

   "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate"

   Synonyms:
   knead, turn, operate, act, shape, bring, work out, run, function, put to work, forge, lick, solve, make, regulate, determine, figure out, form, mould, sour, work, exploit, make for, go, play, do work, mold, tempt, charm, process, crop, exercise, ferment, influence, work on, wreak, cultivate, puzzle out

How to use act upon in a sentence?

1. Clarence Mitchell:

   They certainly will be encouraged to know the appeal is yielding results already and hopefully within that, there will be crucial bits of information the police can act upon.

2. Yoel Sano:

   The bigger risk is not that they (the Japanese) will be targeted but that they will be caught up in incidents where they are playing a bigger role, japan needs to develop greater awareness and greater ability to solve or act upon these situations.

3. Frans Timmermans:

   We've seen over the last couple of years that radical climate-change deniers have changed their position because the facts are so overwhelming. It's an untenable position, i would assume, as a politician myself, that Donald Trump is thinking about the next election and he's looking at American society. And if you see how much support there is in American society to act upon climate change, he's probably doing the math and thinking that if I want to be reelected, I have to take this seriously.

4. Buddha (563 - 483 B.C.):

   However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you, If you do not act upon them?

5. Frans Timmermans:

   I would assume, as a politician myself, that Donald Trump is thinking about the next election and he's looking at American society. And if you see how much support there is in American society to act upon climate change, he's probably doing the math and thinking that if I want to be reelected, I have to take this seriously, that gives me hope because the people want this. Corporations in the U.S. are on the same page as we are. States are. Cities are.

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