Sentence examples for a next act from inspiring English sources

Ad executives still talk about how the Wendy's fast-food chain frittered away the huge success of its "Where's the beef?" campaign in the mid-1980s when it could not develop a next act that measured up until several years had passed.

The Los Angeles company continues to scuttle ideas for a next act and is struggling to propagate an against-the-grain culture across a growing workforce.

As Paul Ryan tries to extend the bipartisan honeymoon that accompanied his inauguration as Speaker of the House into 2016, passing the much-lauded criminal justice compromise that a group of senators unveiled last fall looks awfully tempting as a next act.

For Iger -- who is expected to depart Disney after his contract expires in 2018 -- the chance to become a minority owner of an NFL franchise and oversee development of a 168-acre project next to the 405 Freeway was seen as a fitting next act for a star executive.

Writing a successful next act requires teshuvah, a complete return to shleimut, wholeness or integrity.

Also, a potential next act for Iger fizzled a few months ago.

Gilbert has established herself as a straight-up storyteller who dares us into adventures of worldly discovery, and this novel stands as a winning next act.

If Katzenberg's past career moves are any indication, a splashy next act could follow.

Not since Nixon's departure has an ex-President's next act begun in a condition of internal exile.

Now, a startup that has built an AI platform that tackles the ever-present, but never-perfect, business of customer service has quietly raised a large round of funding as it gears up for its next act, an IPO.

It's urgent and oddly apt, evoking a ringmaster selling his next act.