The phrase "act sharply" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone taking decisive or quick action in a situation.
Example: "In a crisis, it's essential to act sharply to mitigate any potential damage."
Alternatives: "respond quickly" or "take swift action".
The Voting Rights Act sharply departs from these basic principles.
The 2003 tax act sharply cuts taxes on dividend income, another boon to the very well off.
The 1998 law, called Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, sharply limits the collection of personal data of online users younger than 13, but regulators in the past have been unsure of how to apply the law to general-interest sites, as opposed to ones specifically directed at children.
A 1996 federal law, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, sharply circumscribed the authority of federal courts to review state-court criminal convictions, limiting their jurisdiction to those state-court proceedings that "resulted in a decision that was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law".
Invoking the 10th Amendment, which reserves powers to the states that are not specifically granted to the federal government, and citing doctrines claiming that states should be treated equally, Chief Justice Roberts argues that the Voting Rights Act "sharply departs" from these principles of states' rights.
For any unital in this family, we prove that there is a collineation group fixing it and acts sharply transitively on its affine points.
On the other hand, the thermal conductivity of the composite matrix acts sharply to increase or decrease its heat absorption rate.
He said the Fed had acted "sharply and proactively" by slashing interest rates to near-zero betheen the fall of 2007 and the end of 2008.
The arrests and the law used to justify them, the Information Technology Act, were sharply criticized by free speech advocates.
The timing appeared, nonetheless, to reflect a delicate balancing act involving sharply conflicting pressures, some regional and some domestic.
Managed care companies that sell contract Medicaid services to state governments and insurance products on health exchanges established under the Affordable Care Act rose sharply.
