passively
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We exclude all index funds but include actively managed ETFs and so-called smart-beta ETFs, which are passively managed but created from active strategies.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
His mantra for individual investors is to use passively managed funds.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026
RNA-based monitoring may offer an advantage because cancer cells actively secrete RNA rather than passively shedding DNA.
From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026
Nor did he simply wait passively for the 1860 Republican presidential nomination to come his way: Rather than stress his “availability,” Lincoln’s supporters positioned him as “the Representative man of the West.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
He watched it passively for a moment, until of a sudden he realized it was a female black widow doing her thing not three feet from his toes.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
