The phrase "act of influence" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an action that has an effect on someone or something, often in a persuasive or guiding manner.
Example: "The act of influence can be subtle, yet it often shapes the decisions we make in our daily lives."
Alternatives: "exercise of influence" or "instance of influence".
Social engineering is the act of influencing a person's behavior by manipulating the person's emotions, or gaining and betraying his or her trust to gain access to his or her system.
Did I remember that while I was in the act of influencing this person I could take in and accept additional information about which I was not aware?
Given that, it is not John Lewis' job to defend his statement, it is Donald Trump's job to prove his legitimacy in the face of overwhelming logic that says that but for an illegal act of foreign influence that threatens Democracy and the very sovereignty of The United States of America itself, Donald Trump would not be taking the Oath of Office on January 20 , 2017
Murty, V. P., Dubrow, S. & Davachi, L. The simple act of choosing influences declarative memory.
Think of it as a kind of uncertainty principle for plants, where the very act of observing influences the observations.
The bill incorporates terrorism into the state's criminal code and includes in its definition promoting an act of terror, influencing the policy or affecting the conduct of government through terror and causing the interruption of public communication or transportation.
Zeidler ([2002]) agreed that increased teachers' CK does not necessarily affect their PCK, but argued that the act of teaching influences teachers' CK.
Earnings management, in accounting, is the act of intentionally influencing the process of financial reporting to obtain some private gain.
The research is similar to previous psychological experiments that showed how the simple act of smiling influenced the mood of the participants.
John von Neumann, the Hungarian physicist, approached such phenomena through an interpretation known as "consciousness causes collapse", referring to the observer effect, in which the act of observation influences the phenomenon being observed.
