passively
Example Sentences
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Rather than passively consuming a finished narrative, audiences actively participate in constructing and navigating the environment itself.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
Much of its domestic bond portfolio is invested passively, and shifting more assets into domestic bonds would come at a sizeable fiscal cost if it requires selling equities, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Those sports have longer-established history in the states and came of age at a time when media was not as pervasive "and when people spent their leisure time doing things, not passively consuming things".
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Some are leveraged ETFs and others are passively run, tied to various indexes or other benchmarks.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
The Governor was listening to everything so passively.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
