deactivate
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In mid-March, the University of Florida moved to deactivate the group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
Nearly 50 cities nationwide have opted to deactivate their scanners or cancel contracts with Flock, mostly in recent months, according to the website DeFlock.me, which has set out to map locations of the company’s cameras.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2026
He added that "social media platforms will then have until December 31 to deactivate existing accounts" that do not comply with the age limit.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
The long polymer chains in single-use plastics are extremely stable, and contaminants in waste streams can quickly deactivate traditional catalysts.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2026
To deactivate the bow’s special properties, I need only tell it “Good night.”
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
The researchers used optogenetics, a technique that activates or deactivates genes using light.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 9, 2026
Similar to the way that HR deactivates an employee's logins when they leave, there needs to be a process for shutting down AI agents that have finished their work, he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025
The exposure to QMP deactivates their own ovaries and makes them inclined to instead raise the queen honey bee's offspring, known as retinue behavior.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2023
An officer who prematurely deactivates their camera or fails to turn it on in the first place would be in violation of department policy, which requires the devices be on during most public encounters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2023
The activation of a shielding model also deactivates the protection structure of a person or at least some section of it.
From The Brain, A Decoded Enigma by Moisa, Dorin Teodor
About 50 cities and counties have canceled Flock contracts or deactivated cameras since early last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Every deactivated driver is given a reason for termination and offered a review process for more information.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
Meutya Hafid, the country's communications and digital affairs minister, announced that accounts for under 16s on "high risk" platforms would be deactivated from 28 March.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
In contrast, mice in which HIF1 was deactivated in tendon tissue did not develop tendon disease, even when their tendons were overloaded.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 12, 2026
The moment he died, the artifact deactivated and fell to the now-empty platform.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
She made her Instagram comeback after seemingly deactivating her personal account earlier this month, when allegations against her husband became public.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026
Tech companies said they would comply with the ban, and some began deactivating accounts before the law came into effect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has already started deactivating accounts based on information such as the age given when they were created.
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
Pretty Little Thing faced a backlash when it started deactivating accounts it said had high rates of return last year.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2025
Petey snapped his fingers, deactivating the gravity dampeners.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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