proactive
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I know you say you always respond to her messages, but perhaps she needs you to be a more proactive communicator.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
We haven’t seen corporate borrowing spreads head materially higher, and as a result it really highlights the benefits and need to be proactive around hedging rising Treasury yields.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
"We should have a system that actually understands maternal mental health and gives proactive support to all parents and educates them about the things that can happen," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
“Meta thought about taking more proactive steps, about doing more to find and remove children under 13, but it decided not to,” O’Neill told the jury Tuesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
She was candid with me about how she’d misjudged the country’s readiness to have a proactive professional woman in the role of First Lady.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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