passive
Example Sentences
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"Vivoo's smart toilet technology is designed around passive, routine-based testing," she says.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026
Being a passive investor means you don’t pick stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
"Our findings significantly shift tubulin's role in neurodegeneration, from a passive casualty of disease to an active protector against toxic protein aggregation," Ferreon said.
From Science Daily • Jun. 21, 2026
“While index inclusion alone is typically insufficient to drive sustained repricing, we see the combination of passive flows, momentum and limited float driving upside beyond historical index-addition moves,” the Zephirin analysts said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 20, 2026
The initiates’ passive faces stare back at me.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
Vocabulary lists containing passive
Tier 2 Words for the SBAC ELA Items
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The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 5
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The New SAT: Words to Capture Tone
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