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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation Australian Capital Territory
- A trademark for a standardized college entrance examination.
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- initialism
Australian Capital Territory , a federal territory ofAustralia . - initialism A certain
standardized college admissions test in theUnited States , originally called the American College Test.
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Examples
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I hope Reverend Wright returns for the rebound, holds another press conference, ushers in ACT II.
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But we had to have a certain ACT score to qualify and had to continue to have a good GPA while at school.
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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Now, I believe that ACT is a perfectly ridiculous theory, because it really doesn't mean anything at all to apply the notion of "athleticism" to natural phenomena in general.
Bunny and a Book 2008
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But we had to have a certain ACT score to qualify and had to continue to have a good GPA while at school.
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[Robert Sicular, who appears as the incestuous siblings 'long-suffering father Florio in ACT's production, was a contemporary, but was not in that particular production.] # posted by George Wallace: 8: 25 AM
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According to Green Car Congress, “[t] he CLEAR ACT is designed to lower the cost barriers to implementing alternative fuels and advanced technologies through the use of tax incentives, most of which go directly to the consumer.”
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According to Green Car Congress, “[t] he CLEAR ACT is designed to lower the cost barriers to implementing alternative fuels and advanced technologies through the use of tax incentives, most of which go directly to the consumer.”
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All of this suggests that the original decisions in ACT III and in Pacifica were on shaky ground, because they assumed that 1464 could be enforced in a way that did not favor one political ideology over another and did not chill very much protected speech.
Balkinization 2004
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The ban is narrowly tailored because, just as in ACT III, most children are presumed not to be in the audience during the safe harbor.
Balkinization 2004
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ACT is America Coming Together, the largest voter mobilization project in history.
Archive 2004-10-01 2004
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