activate
Example Sentences
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Robots currently require supervision by humans who can activate emergency stop functions, he noted, and there are not yet recognised industry-wide safety standards.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
A referee will choose to activate it if a player is taking too long.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
This and many other things helped activate something inside, some foundationless sense of promise, a belief that I was a writer, that this would somehow become apparent and concrete.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
The goal is to gently warm tissue at the back of the eye just enough to activate natural repair systems, without causing harm.
From Science Daily • May 27, 2026
They activate and silence genes, thereby defining the embryo’s axis from head to tail.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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