passive
Example Sentences
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“It’s no easy task commanding attention in such a passive role, but Wydra does just that.”
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
By removing the need for lasers and external electrical power, the system creates a fully passive source of correlated photon pairs.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
It was that running this passive strategy would be inexpensive, and thus wouldn’t require charging large fees to the investor clients.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
The passive allows a writer to postpone the mention of a doer that is heavy, old news, or both.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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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The New SAT: Words to Capture Tone
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