activate
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The government said it will bring forward legislation to force firms to activate the features if they do not comply voluntarily within three months.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Many of the sites are dormant, researchers said, primed to activate as the competition nears.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
This and many other things helped activate something inside, some foundationless sense of promise, a belief that I was a writer, that this would somehow become apparent and concrete.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
In those animal studies, the researchers showed that controlled heating could activate the desired protective response in retinal tissue.
From Science Daily • May 27, 2026
She hadn’t come to a decision about whether to activate the pendant, but she knew that thinking about it all the time would drive her crazy.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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