activate
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“It’s a person who decides whether to activate the system or not.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
The problem is that CO2 becomes difficult to activate under these conditions, resulting in weak catalytic performance.
From Science Daily • Jun. 14, 2026
On Wednesday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei once again called for policymakers to "activate a slow and rickety policy apparatus to deal with risks and opportunities that are going to compound surprisingly quickly from here."
From Barron's • Jun. 14, 2026
A referee will choose to activate it if a player is taking too long.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
I nodded, raised the capsule over my head, then pressed the button on the side to activate it.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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