activate
Example Sentences
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The no-fly debris zones were activated four minutes after the Starship vehicle began to stop providing data about its test flight, FAA documents show.
However, the zebrafish experiments showed that glucose levels in the intestine can become high enough after eating to activate this pathway even under normal conditions.
From Science Daily
"These new molecules have provided, for the first time, the ability to see single cells independently activated, almost as if you're using a very special, sensitive movie camera to record brain activity while it's happening."
From Science Daily
Each tissue type activates its own biological pathways to detect temperature shifts.
From Science Daily
When leaders act from fear of obsolescence, being outpaced or irrelevance, they activate those same threat responses in employees.
From MarketWatch
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