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Meanwhile, here’s one other consideration: Running a private-equity portfolio is a much more expensive enterprise than running a passive portfolio of publicly traded stocks.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

The Latina expression of the gothic through self-styling is not a passing algorithmic trend — nor is it a passive imitation of white subcultures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

This vision of passive income has found a ready audience in an age of economic anxiety, when the traditional career ladder appears to be broken and the AI revolution looms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Scientists measure Antarctic sea ice using satellites equipped with instruments called passive microwave sensors.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Marcus’s passive mask is gone, revealing the malicious face beneath it.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

In the case of “have died”, though, neither patients nor passives come into it.

From Economist ● May 24, 2018

Promoters, passives and detractors have vastly different economic value to most companies.

From Forbes ● Sep. 20, 2012

In their attitude toward integration, Little Rock's Protestant and Jewish clergymen can be classified as "pushers," "powers" and "passives."

From Time Magazine Archive

It’s in the third person, and filled with zombie nouns like Extreme Exposure and passives like are more easily affected.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

No English construction could have survived in the language for a millennium and a half unless it had continued to serve some purpose, and that includes passives and nominalizations.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker