Example Sentences

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"This study challenges the prevailing narrative of inevitable cognitive decline, suggesting instead that brain health can be proactively cultivated at any age."

From Science Daily • Jun. 13, 2026

People who proactively identify ways that AI can help their work or their organization will benefit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Your instinct to contact the Social Security Administration proactively is not unreasonable.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

"We are simply saying that we have to proactively monitor their impacts to be able to curb them, to be able to control them before it's too late."

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

One can cautiously make the case that the major political documents of the past were conceived in reaction to an intolerable state of affairs and events, not proactively, in anticipation of new situations and expectations.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai