activate
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Sir Keir Starmer has told firms to either activate built-in features or update operating systems to prevent children from taking, sending or viewing sexually explicit images on their phones and other devices.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Many of the sites are dormant, researchers said, primed to activate as the competition nears.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 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
“It is a reminder that if the negotiations don’t work out in its favor, the U.S. can activate the other track, intensify influence campaigns, or even return to threats,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The mapmaker genes activate and silence genes that make organs and structures.*
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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