Thesaurus results for ACTIONS

actions

noun

plural of action

as in behavior

the way or manner in which one conducts oneself observing the actions of mice in various controlled settings helps scientists understand the effects of certain drugs

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Recent Examples of actions Small businesses may also be able to reduce their taxes through actions like providing employee benefits or starting retirement plans. — Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026 Hugging Face, for its part, published a forensic timeline, describing how the autonomous AI system spent four and a half days executing 17,600 distinct hacking actions across multiple organizations — without direct involvement by any humans. — Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026 To that point, the Administrative Procedure Act, which requires that agency actions observe procedural requirements, generally applies to final agency actions—not tentative or merely conceptual ones. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Aug. 2026 Muslims bear the brunt of both the kidnappings and the military actions against the kidnappers. — Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026 Historically, trade actions taken under Section 301 have also proven much harder to be overturned by the courts. — CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026 Last August, the International Association of Genocide Scholars passed a resolution declaring that Israel’s actions met the legal definition of genocide. — Arielle Kaden, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026 The unknowable force that does not lend itself to hope, prayer, diligent actions, good intentions or rigorous effort. — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026 The Foresight model is trained with experience from over 100 million autonomous actions, according to the company. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 3 Aug. 2026

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For two decades she's turned the science of human behavior into practical tools that help people communicate with confidence.

— Big Think, Big Think, 2 Aug. 2026
Whatever produces this behavior in employees is producing it in the people who manage them as well.

— Nirit Cohen, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026