The phrase "act of extending" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the process or action of making something longer, larger, or more inclusive.
Example: "The act of extending the deadline allowed more students to complete their projects."
Alternatives: "process of expansion" or "action of prolonging".
Metta is the act of extending our love, kindness and friendship equally towards all beings, proving that love is more powerful than any negative force.
Worse than that, too often when the rest of the world actually gets it right and extends love, grace, and understanding to the least of these, we inexplicably freak out -- perhaps out of shame and embarrassment -- and start condemning not only the target of the rest of the world's love, but the very act of extending that love and grace in the first place.
Thus, our crystal structure captures the actively copying Pol α in the act of extending the RNA primer with deoxynucleotides.
To the Woman at the United Airlines Check-In Desk at Newark – a comic mouthful of a title – is an apology, an act of extended empathy, at which Laird excels.
On December 18th, President Obama signed into law the Perkins Loan Program Extension Act of 2015 extending the authorization of the Perkins Loan Program for another two years.
These were: entry into the common market in 1973, under Edward Heath; the Single European Act of 1986, extending qualified majority voting, under Margaret Thatcher; and the Maastricht treaty of 1992, which lead to the EU and the euro, under John Major.
Some believe that there could be unanticipated benefits, some of which can make the act of merely extending a person's life for posterity seem rather plain by comparison.
Boehner passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, extending the Bush-era tax rates for earners under $400,000 and $450,000 for married couples, with only 85 out of 241 members of his caucus.
The American Recover and Reinvestment Act of 2009 extended the scope of the Federal CHP Investment Tax Credit by extending the option of a grant of equal value in lieu of a tax liability reduction.
I'm not a fan of extending the Act.
Soon after Pfeifer took his turn at the microphone at the rally, Joseph Zadroga, James's father, stressed the importance of extending the act indefinitely, aiming his remarks at politicians in Washington who oppose the extension.
