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Recent Examples of active The northern lights are most active within two hours before and after midnight, according to NOAA. Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025 Green, who is active on several platforms in addition to OnlyFans, said tips are a big part of her income. Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025 Perez also became the 10th active player with 1,000 career RBIs. Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 13 Sep. 2025 This is very much an active case, and this investigation is in its early stages. Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for active
Recent Examples of Synonyms for active
Adjective
  • Last year, though revenue and operating profit increased, non-operating red ink pushed the company into a full-year loss of NT$766 million, or $25 million.
    Russell Flannery, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The adjusted net income decreased by 8% y-o-y to $3.9 billion in the first nine months of 2022 due to higher expenses as a % of revenues and lower non-operating income.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • Labradors are often more energetic and bred for hunting, retrieving, and service work, whereas goldens are prized for their patience, friendliness, and trainability.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Inspired by the tradition of the divine feminine, the energetic space captivates with colors, abstract wall art and a goddess sculpture done by the dynamic sister artist duo’s mother.
    Spencer Whaley, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Entrepreneurs who report higher well-being are more engaged in their businesses, thereby fueling their incentive to grow their ventures.
    Samantha Dewalt, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The majority of commenters agreed that the engaged couple were not in the wrong and that the in-laws were overreacting and being too sensitive.
    Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • After launch, the team transferred control of the Switchblade from a user in the MQ-9A’s ground control station to a user on the ground nearer the operational area.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
  • There’s no getting around Bryce Young’s three turnovers; no getting around the offense’s operational issues.
    Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • On a sunny Tuesday morning, 35-year-old Rita Guerrero stepped out from her door on North Mariposa Street, lively pup Olive barely contained by her leash.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Zarutska worked in a lively area of the lower South End dotted with breweries, apartment complexes and coffee shops.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This suspect has now been stopped in his tracks because of the diligent and tenacious work done by investigators at both the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The researchers concluded that, especially in relatively dense neighborhoods, even if residents take diligent action in defense of their own houses, that may not matter much if their neighbors don’t.
    Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Think of it as even more competition for our time in the present and future, future the operative descriptor in consideration of Anthropic’s $185 billion private valuation.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Some studies have even suggested the drug improves sleep quality in post-operative patients.
    RJ Mackenzie, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The movie, created with partners Native Foreign and Vertigo Films, is being produced in just nine months on a budget under $30 million—far less than typical animated features—and is slated to debut at Cannes before a global 2026 release.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The animated series touches on the relationships between fathers and sons, prompting Yeun, as the lead actor, to reflect on his own fatherhood journey.
    Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Active.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/active. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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