activate
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When we look at relaxing paintings, we actually activate our pain analgesic response.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
By submitting to men, tradwife proponents argue, a woman will activate his chivalric urge to protect and provide.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
The couple had travelled from Houston to the Louisiana base to obtain a military ID for Ramos and activate her military spouse benefits, with plans to move her onto the base over Easter weekend.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
It holds no strategic petroleum reserve, operates no domestic refinery, and has no bilateral arrangement with any major energy producer it can activate under pressure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
As it turned out, the mouse had died not from radiation but suffocation, for someone had forgotten to activate its air supply.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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