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passively

adverb as in indifferently

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The team's findings, published in Physical Review Applied, build on decades of theory and computer modeling to produce real-world structures that can passively disrupt vibrations traveling through them.

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Actively managed funds tend to have higher expenses than passively managed funds that track stock indexes or sectors.

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“Family Meal” is a modern updating of the old-fashioned idea of dinner and a show, only this dinner theater presentation isn’t simply about being wined, dined and passively entertained.

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In “KPop Demon Hunters,” however, these demons are not waiting passively for humans to die but are rather preemptively harvesting souls through their addictive tunes and undeniable physical magnetism.

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“It led to business opportunities to passively raise awareness, which was really good for the sharks,” she says of the video.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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