proactive
Example Sentences
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There’s little for consumers to do in this environment besides wait for rates to improve — or, more proactively, improve their credit scores to qualify for lower interest rates.
From MarketWatch
El Amin also conveys proactive self-defense techniques, such as spacial awareness and being attuned to your environment, and he shows clients how to use their voices as defensive tools.
From Los Angeles Times
Policymakers have pledged to maintain proactive fiscal policy and deploy monetary tools, but headline lending figures still look underwhelming.
From Barron's
United Airlines proactively reduced its schedule to minimize disruption once the storm arrives, a spokesperson said.
“The best law enforcement is proactive, not reactive,” Kemp said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.