passively

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However, they weren’t just passively consuming this music, they also left their marks on it, quite literally.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

It was that moment where I’m like, holy smokes, in three months that number has shot up and we can’t be passively thinking that this is all going to align.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

This process suggests that dreams actively reconstruct reality rather than passively reflect it.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

Further supporting this view, academic research shows that active managers, who construct their own stock portfolios rather than passively tracking an index, tend to generate negative risk-adjusted returns once their management fees are considered.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

The priest listened passively, with the bland expression of one who has heard it all before.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende