the action
noun
: the most exciting or interesting activities that are happening in a particular place
The new theater places the audience closer to the center/middle of the action.
I moved to New York City to be (a) part of the action.
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Most recently, Sutherland appeared in the action comedy Stone Cold Fox, costarring Krysten Ritter and Kiernan Shipka.
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Jan. 2026
And investors are trying to get in on the action.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 13 Jan. 2026
What’s more, this formal ingenuity never distracts from the emotional intensity of the story but, rather, amplifies its force by simultaneously compressing and expanding the action.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2026
Top Republican lawmakers issued rare rebukes of the president over the action, which was also denounced by every living former Fed chair.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Jan. 2026
And investors are trying to get in on the action.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 13 Jan. 2026
What’s more, this formal ingenuity never distracts from the emotional intensity of the story but, rather, amplifies its force by simultaneously compressing and expanding the action.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2026
Top Republican lawmakers issued rare rebukes of the president over the action, which was also denounced by every living former Fed chair.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for the action
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“The action.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20action. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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