activation
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They also feature built-in microprocessors that keep a record of activation.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
These benefits include reducing blood pressure and vascular stiffness, improving the activation of neurons in the brain, reducing inflammation in the brain, lowering resting norepinephrine, and improving sleep.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
I start with manual treatment in the training room and then go to the weight room to do activation work before the court.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The hope here is that this could form an autonomous first response, so forest fire detection and drone activation can be so quick that fires can be extinguished as they're starting.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
A psychologist explains a computer simulation in which activation builds up in a neuron until it fires “like popcorn in a pan.”
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing activation
Just Do It: Act
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Unit 3: Cellular Systems
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act (do)
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