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active

[ak-tiv] / ˈæk tɪv /




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Its best player is Inter Milan midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu, Turkey’s active leader in caps and goals.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Active customers rose 3.6% to 21.5 million, while net sales per active customer increased 2.4% to $597.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Researchers identified evidence that a protein and sugar-tagging pathway is excessively active in Alzheimer's disease.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Also read: Government is now an active investor — and it’s why your portfolio needs ‘home-court advantage’

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

“He is in a continuous whirl—very active and inclined to be noisy.”

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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