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  1. pursue, follow up on, act onverb

    carry further or advance

    "Can you act on this matter soon?"

    Synonyms:
    engage, pursue, quest for, prosecute, quest after, follow up on, follow, go after

  2. act onverb

    regulate one's behavior in accordance with certain information, ideas, or advice

    "The Founding Fathers acted on certain moral principles"

    Synonyms:
    follow up on, pursue

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#6220engage
#7546pursue
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  1. Jeanne Shaheen:

    Republicans’ obstruction is shameful - the Senate needs to act on voting rights now.

  2. Adam Kinzinger:

    It took a few years, but the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act will finally make its way to the President's desk to become law. And for the Syrian people, this means there will finally be some justice brought to the evil Assad regime and those who act on his behalf, we know these sanctions will not end the pain and sorrow that this war in Caesar Syria has caused, nor recover the many lives lost, but the message of the Caesar Bill is loud and clear. We will not turn a blind eye to the atrocities in Caesar Syria, and we will make sure those responsible will pay for their crimes.

  3. Renata Dwan:

    How we think about that, and how we act on that risk and the management of that risk, seems to me a pretty significant and urgent question that isn't reflected fully in the (U.N.) Security Council.

  4. Johannes Zutt:

    The project will help poor mothers learn how to improve the nutrition of their young children and also provide an income supplement to enable them to better act on that learning.

  5. Michael Bender:

    He was seeing something that clearly said to him, ‘There is an endangerment to the child right now.’ And we’re gonna act on it.


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