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activate

[ak-tuh-veyt] / ˈæk təˌveɪt /


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The study showed that cDC2 cells can also activate T cells and help prevent tumor growth.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

Viruses multiplied more rapidly, the animals failed to properly activate their antiviral defenses, and their ability to fight infection dropped dramatically.

From Science Daily Jun. 30, 2026

Google repeatedly encourages users to activate Location History.

From Slate Jun. 29, 2026

Monica may spend time with David and choose whether she’d like to activate his imprinting feature, triggering a familial love that looks and feels as real as her biological son’s — at least to David.

From Salon Jun. 28, 2026

It hums as they activate the machine meant to erase the last of me, the last of Petra Peña.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

They would simply make unmistakably clear that the executive cannot determine whether Congress’ statutory commands ever become operative by controlling the very event that activates them.

From Slate Jun. 26, 2026

The declaration activates the city’s emergency response structure, directs departments to assess damages and costs, and requests state assistance to support firefighting, cleanup, environmental monitoring and community recovery efforts.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 20, 2026

And because flow activates brain networks that consume low amounts of energy, we experience it as a fun, playful state rather than a draining one.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

Once a burst of gene activity begins, MYRF-1 activates LIN-42.

From Science Daily Jun. 4, 2026

“But this one activates a radio jammer so no one can use electronic devices to listen in on you.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

“We believe that if the river is properly activated as a green and cultural landscape, then Angelenos will fundamentally also get to experience Los Angeles in a different way.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

That study pointed to HTR2B, one of the cell receptors activated by serotonin, as an important driver of the damaging response.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

Air defence systems have been activated in Bandar Abbas, according to reports in Iranian state media.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

The Korea Exchange briefly activated trading curbs on both the Kospi and smaller tech-heavy Kosdaq markets.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Trying again, more slowly this time, he activated his radio.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

From an evolutionary perspective "stress is what keeps us alive" by activating our flight-or-fight response.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

More time is devoted to setting up the dramatic situation than to activating it.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

Summit’s drug, a so-called bispecific antibody, aims to evolve that strategy by activating the immune system while simultaneously starving the tumor.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 6, 2026

“With this partnership, we are instantly activating a global footprint that makes the magic of Peloton accessible to Spotify Premium subscribers anywhere,” Peloton CCO Dion Camp Sanders said in the press release.

From Barron's Apr. 27, 2026

He continued to expand the search, activating manhunters in Delaware and Pennsylvania.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson




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