passive

Example Sentences

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But a tax attorney in Los Angeles, Andrew Gradman, wasn’t convinced the tax incentive was enough to curb a landlord’s appetite for the passive income of steady rent payments.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

"Strategically, this will harden Abu Dhabi's view that passive defence is not enough," Krieg said.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

And conveniently for Bogle and for Vanguard, because this passive strategy technically required no “investment advisory services,” the fledgling firm was permitted to do it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

On a never-ending feed we watch the cute and profane, sleepwalking toward an emotional state beyond shock as entertainment: the banality of passive consumption.

From Slate • May 12, 2026

Wherever Willoughby went, there followed axiomatically a coterie of passive, mostly negative characters known as the Courthouse Crowd, specimens Willoughby had put into the various county and municipal offices to do as they were told.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee