passive
Example Sentences
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At the same time, dissolved salts and minerals are guided away from the active area and deposited onto untreated sections of the panel called passive regions.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
The potential inclusion of companies like SpaceX or OpenAI could force passive funds to sell existing holdings in other large-cap stocks, according to a May 22 note from Goldman Sachs’s John Flood.
From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026
Zverev's defeat in their French Open semi-final last year was another stark illustration of how he is often too passive in big matches.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
He is passive amid this violence because he believes that through “suffering and resignation” he grows closer to Clare.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The Negro’s feeling of utter hopelessness is here replaced by a determined spirit of passive resistance.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
Vocabulary lists containing passive
Tier 2 Words for the SBAC ELA Items
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The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 5
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