The phrase "act of casting" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to performing an action of throwing or projecting something, such as in fishing, theater, or even in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "The act of casting the fishing line required patience and precision."
Alternatives: "process of casting" or "action of casting".
Expatriation, it should be noted, has the advantage of acting automatically, for the very act of casting the ballot is the act of denationalization, which could have the effect of cutting off American responsibility for the consequences.
Madrid hopes to make the very act of casting a ballot either impossible or legally precarious.
Later, in Muhammad Ali's spangled, brazen style ("I am the greatest"), the act of casting hatred back on fools became an entertaining style of showmanship.
And character, historians say, is what voters should look for in a candidate as they engage in the act of casting their ballots for the nation's next president.
By the very act of casting his dignity to the wind, Grant somehow conspires to look more buoyant and graceful than any of his rivals.
In truth, I'm slightly disappointed the ceremony hasn't included the infamous Candomblé act of casting out bad spirits in a body-convulsing trance, but, nonetheless, I leave with the undeniable thrill of having been the only non-local in attendance.
city" (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope) Mr. Lamar, a bravura young rapper from Compton, Calif., made his major-label debut a disciplined act of narrative, casting cold light on his experience even as he worked out how to feel about his own survival, often with loose and riveting skill.
Such arguments stand within a long, undistinguished tradition of casting every act of everyday racism in Germany as evidence that the country stands permanently on the brink of the Fourth Reich.
The reason for such an enhancement was linked to the closure of casting porosities, which acted as crack nucleation sites in the as cast condition.
In 1981, in what was then a bold act of colorblind casting, Ms. Caldwell had Ms. Verrett sing Desdemona in Verdi's "Otello," opposite the tenor James McCracken in the title role.
This study is of particular interest to the notion of social capital as civic engagement, specifically through the act of 'casting a ballot', is widely regarded as a key feature of social capital (Putnam 2000) in mainstream society.
