activate
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Many of the sites are dormant, researchers said, primed to activate as the competition nears.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
It may also help night shift workers activate a key repair process while their bodies recover during the day.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2026
You have to dig into the app, and activate Downhill mode yourself.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Justice Samuel Alito emphasized that users took affirmative steps to activate it.
From Slate • May 20, 2026
“I imagined that the luncheon meat would activate her faculties. Over here. Mother Commerce.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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