The phrase "acted to alleviate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing actions taken to reduce or lessen a problem, difficulty, or discomfort.
Example: "The organization acted to alleviate the suffering of those affected by the natural disaster."
Alternatives: "took steps to ease" or "worked to reduce".
But Mr. Foulke said that even after the explosion, company officials had not acted to alleviate similar conditions at its plant in Gramercy, La., despite a warning from OSHA.
To assess which factors enhance and inhibit the ability to express planning, we then systematically modified the experimental design in four subsequent experiments and found that monkeys that were not thirsty acted to alleviate future thirst only when the delay between their behavior and the contingent outcome was brief.
His statement, which comes almost as a postscript to the recent World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, makes one wonder how and when the developed countries will act to alleviate this horror.
But if even the fleeting attention of a star like Madonna to, say, extreme poverty in Africa can inspire more people to act to alleviate it, then it is hard to condemn merely because some of the glow of philanthropy will benefit her.
"Here, the Council has failed to act to alleviate an emergent fiscal threat to the health, safety and welfare of the citizens and threatened the ability of city government to function," she wrote in a six-page ruling on the receiver's request for the order.
Although his subjects suffer, the king ignores their suffering, has no compassion for it, and does not act to alleviate it.
A heroin-dependent man who uses heroin because it acts to alleviate the symptoms of withdrawal d.
It is important to note that besides contributing to fruit flavor, sugar alcohols are a type of polyol osmoprotectant that may act to alleviate the impact of fruit dryness at this stage.
That is why I introduced the Student Loan Interest Deduction Act, to alleviate the heavy tax burden that rests on our children's shoulders.
Compassion is being able to sense, feel, and act to alleviate another's suffering.
Some US states have enacted a Death with Dignity Act to alleviate the tension between traditional norms of medical practice and the reality of intentional life-terminating acts by physicians [ 7].
