passive

Will your passive income in retirement continue to cover your expenses?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 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

Traditional passive detectors made from plastic require chemical etching before scientists can study the marks left by incoming particles.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

The main issue with “The Rouse” is the author’s strangely passive way of narrating events.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

I knelt by him trying to unbuckle his harness, alarmed by the way he sprawled there, passive except for the great gasping rise and fall of his chest.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

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

The fourth subsection covers issues having to do with excessive abstraction, including overuse of nominalizations and passives.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

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