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Example Sentences
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The researchers suspected that the star could be actively pulling matter away from the brown dwarf.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
California and Massachusetts also guarantee drivers a minimum wage based on the time they spend actively driving passengers, though the rest of their time remains uncompensated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Feng pointed out that as the AI boom accelerated, his firm was able to actively hire new AI talent during performance dips for the industry, leading to “prolific model development” currently contributing to outperformance.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
"I feel like it's very active to be running from things and to be not engaging with things in your life... I think that's very actively self-sabotaging," she said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Stick’s waterfall poster trembled, making it look like the water was actively pounding the rocks.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
