in the act (of doing something)
idiom
: in the process of doing something
When they arrived, I was just in the act of starting to make dinner.
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In the Steppenwolf version, Nazareth teases the story but delays filling the audience in until later in the act.
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Adam Moss, Vulture, 30 May 2025
The twist is that in the act of the search, maybe AGI improves.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Most notably, in 2023 two researchers scrutinizing 30-year-old Magellan data realized that the probe had caught a volcanic eruption in the act: radar images of the volcano Maat Mons that were taken months apart showed what looked like a caldera collapse and subsequent lava flow.
—Elise Cutts, Scientific American, 13 May 2025
Curly had been replaced in the act by brother Shemp Howard, who joined another brother, Moe Howard, and Larry Fine.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025
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Adam Moss, Vulture, 30 May 2025
The twist is that in the act of the search, maybe AGI improves.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Most notably, in 2023 two researchers scrutinizing 30-year-old Magellan data realized that the probe had caught a volcanic eruption in the act: radar images of the volcano Maat Mons that were taken months apart showed what looked like a caldera collapse and subsequent lava flow.
—Elise Cutts, Scientific American, 13 May 2025
Curly had been replaced in the act by brother Shemp Howard, who joined another brother, Moe Howard, and Larry Fine.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025
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“In the act (of doing something).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20act%20%28of%20doing%20something%29. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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