deactivate
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They will require that autonomous vehicles feature safe procedures to activate and deactivate automated driving, it said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
In mid-March, the University of Florida moved to deactivate the group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
Nearly 50 cities nationwide have opted to deactivate their scanners or cancel contracts with Flock, mostly in recent months, according to the website DeFlock.me, which has set out to map locations of the company’s cameras.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2026
"The council will suspend its use, it will not deactivate its account, because there would be a risk if the council deactivated its account," Smyth told BBC Radio Ulster's Evening Extra programme.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2026
To deactivate the bow’s special properties, I need only tell it “Good night.”
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
Meta deactivates accounts that it suspects are underage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Similar to the way that HR deactivates an employee's logins when they leave, there needs to be a process for shutting down AI agents that have finished their work, he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025
Omalizumab is an injected antibody that binds and deactivates all types of immunoglobin E, or IgE, the allergy-causing molecule in the blood and on the body's immune cells.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 25, 2024
It deactivates accounts that could pose a risk to its hosts.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2023
The activation of a shielding model also deactivates the protection structure of a person or at least some section of it.
From The Brain, A Decoded Enigma by Dorin Teodor Moisa
Some 50 cities and counties have canceled Flock contracts or deactivated cameras since early last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
If Ndholo Kusumo is found to not meet those standards, it will be permanently deactivated.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
The lawsuit seeks a statewide judgment that Uber has failed to comply with Proposition 22, along with an opportunity for the thousands of deactivated drivers to appeal their terminations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
In contrast, mice in which HIF1 was deactivated in tendon tissue did not develop tendon disease, even when their tendons were overloaded.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 12, 2026
I’d almost asked to be deactivated right then and there.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Tech companies said they would comply with the ban, and some began deactivating accounts before the law came into effect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has already started deactivating accounts based on information such as the age given when they were created.
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
Pretty Little Thing faced a backlash when it started deactivating accounts it said had high rates of return last year.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2025
"As the body metabolizes the rapamycin, the two fragments disjoin, deactivating the system."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2023
Petey snapped his fingers, deactivating the gravity dampeners.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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