in the act

In the process of doing something. For example, The police caught the robber in the act , or I was in the act of closing the window . [Second half of 1600s]
Performing sexual intercourse, as in Her father caught them in the act . [Late 1500s]

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Online safety campaigners argue the rules around removing harmful content needed tightening to close loopholes in the act.

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In the lesson titled "Receptivity," we're told, "In the act of sex, a husband gives of himself to his wife, who receives his gift."

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About 13 years ago, a similar heist was foiled when the culprits were caught in the act, the owner said.

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Most of the coverage it has earned since the arbitrator’s ruling focuses on some quasi-salacious assertions about Sheryl Sandberg, Zuckerberg’s No. 2, who left the company in 2022, and her depiction of Zuckerberg as a sweaty doofus who wished to rub shoulders with chiefs of state but was maladroit in the act.

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I wanted to catch Craig Brooks in the act, but no sooner had I started looking into Cask Whisky Ltd, than the company disappeared.

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in that case in the aggregate

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