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actively

[ak-tiv-lee] / ˈæk tɪv li /








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Tracking this gas helped the researchers determine how actively the microbes were breaking down the plastics.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Liu hasn’t been actively trading since the summer, according to the people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Dan Ivascyn of Pimco Income Fund, the world’s largest actively managed fixed-income fund, was confident in the prediction he made at a New York investment conference.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

"We are actively investigating and working with external cyber security specialists," the company told BBC News in a statement.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

How could the schools valorize men and women whose values society actively scorned?

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates


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