receptive
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The investigators’ report said the fire ignited when electrical arcing on the idle line caused hot metal particles to fall into “the receptive fuel beds consisting of dry vegetation” below the tower.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
He appeared on Crooked Media and NPR and sat for Q&As with Ross Douthat, outlining his worldview for skeptical but receptive hosts.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
Officials said fire investigators found a “dry receptive fuel bed” below the transmission tower in a wash within Eaton Canyon, which sits just east of Altadena and north of Pasadena.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Intrator maintains that the tech sector, so closely identified with equity from the seed round through the IPO, should be more receptive to the utility of debt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Three words, endlessly repeated, dinning themselves hour after hour into receptive brains.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
Vocabulary lists containing receptive
Of Mice and Men
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