passive
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The other two were passive smoking and prolonged night work.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The court highlighted the role of night work, exposure to ionising radiation and passive smoking.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
We’re going back to the basics, covering simple steps to help you transition from being a passive saver to an investor.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Low-cost passive ETFs are on pace to hit $1 trillion in net inflows for the first time this year, underscoring the dominant role they now play in portfolios.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
I saw nothing, just Kato being Kato—harmless and passive.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
In the case of “have died”, though, neither patients nor passives come into it.
From Economist ● May 24, 2018
Promoters, passives and detractors have vastly different economic value to most companies.
From Forbes ● Sep. 20, 2012
In their attitude toward integration, Little Rock's Protestant and Jewish clergymen can be classified as "pushers," "powers" and "passives."
From Time Magazine Archive
It’s in the third person, and filled with zombie nouns like Extreme Exposure and passives like are more easily affected.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
That’s why guidelines on how to avoid legalese and other turbid professional styles call for using first- and second-person pronouns, inverting passives into actives, and letting verbs be verbs rather than zombie nouns.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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Tier 2 Words for the SBAC ELA Items
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