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Recent Examples of deactivated
Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 4 Mar. 2026
While the total number of accounts across platforms is unknown, Inman Grant said the number of deactivated or restricted accounts was encouraging.
—Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 16 Jan. 2026
So my mother could wear the transmitter in its deactivated state.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Aug. 2016
Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
However, Microsoft’s partner portal website mysteriously said his account had been deactivated, without specifying why.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 8 Apr. 2026
The bachelor’s program for Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Georgia State University is being deactivated at the end of this semester, according to the school, which said the major had low enrollment.
—Jason Armesto, AJC.com, 4 Apr. 2026
In February, Mountain View canceled its contract and deactivated its Flock Safety camera networks after federal authorities accessed data without consent.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026
While 5 million Australian accounts had been deactivated, a substantial number of Australian children continued to retain accounts, create new accounts and pass platforms' age assurance systems, the report said.
—Rod McGuirk The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 1 Apr. 2026
While 5 million Australian accounts had been deactivated, a substantial number of Australian children continued to retain accounts, create new accounts and pass platforms’ age assurance systems, the report said.
—ABC News, 31 Mar. 2026
The lawsuit alleges that later that day, McCormick deactivated her account.
—Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
But by Friday, March 20, LaRussell, who is usually active on social media, deactivated all his accounts due to the ongoing criticism.
—Zara Irshad, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
Unlike brewer's yeast, which is activated, nutritional yeast is a deactivated or inactive strain of the fungus Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 4 Mar. 2026
While the total number of accounts across platforms is unknown, Inman Grant said the number of deactivated or restricted accounts was encouraging.
—Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 16 Jan. 2026
So my mother could wear the transmitter in its deactivated state.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Aug. 2016
Verb
An Amber Alert has been deactivated after a Southern California 3-year-old was located on Tuesday morning.
—Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
However, Microsoft’s partner portal website mysteriously said his account had been deactivated, without specifying why.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 8 Apr. 2026
The bachelor’s program for Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Georgia State University is being deactivated at the end of this semester, according to the school, which said the major had low enrollment.
—Jason Armesto, AJC.com, 4 Apr. 2026
In February, Mountain View canceled its contract and deactivated its Flock Safety camera networks after federal authorities accessed data without consent.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026
While 5 million Australian accounts had been deactivated, a substantial number of Australian children continued to retain accounts, create new accounts and pass platforms' age assurance systems, the report said.
—Rod McGuirk The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 1 Apr. 2026
While 5 million Australian accounts had been deactivated, a substantial number of Australian children continued to retain accounts, create new accounts and pass platforms’ age assurance systems, the report said.
—ABC News, 31 Mar. 2026
The lawsuit alleges that later that day, McCormick deactivated her account.
—Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
But by Friday, March 20, LaRussell, who is usually active on social media, deactivated all his accounts due to the ongoing criticism.
—Zara Irshad, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deactivated
Adjective
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Unpaved road infrastructures may become unusable for most vehicles.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
12 Apr. 2026
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Councilmember Vivian Moreno said another factor is San Diego’s history, including a pension scandal two decades ago and the purchase of an unusable downtown skyscraper a decade ago.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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Five of the eight people arrested in connection with last year's Esparto explosion, which killed seven men, were arraigned in Yolo County court on Monday.—
Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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In 2017, Judith organized a group of surviving twins to gather in Jerusalem, where a plaque was unveiled in honor of the twin children who were killed.—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
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Instead of being an anchoring penultimate episode, the entire display felt useless and confusing, as if the audience was suddenly watching an entirely different television program.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2026
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In my tests, the feature was almost completely useless.—
Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
9 Apr. 2026
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The Georgia Public Service Commission has approved a plan to temporarily protect TSA workers in the state from having their utilities shut off or late fees charged during the partial federal government shutdown.—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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It was built to prioritize home heating assistance – not cooling – and help for people in immediate danger of having life-preserving utilities shut off.—
Diana Hernández,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Trump responded sharply the following day, criticizing the pope's leadership and accusing him of being weak on crime and ineffective on foreign policy.—
Emmanuel Akinwotu,
NPR,
13 Apr. 2026
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Other management methods, such as traps, have so far been ineffective.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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His family said Kearns was standing on solid ground before he was sucked into the drain and got stuck under five feet of floodwaters.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Its first-stage booster made its 18th flight and stuck the landing without issue on the droneship Just Read the Instructions in the Atlantic Ocean.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The images, first published by TMZ, show Garcia at a casino on Sunday as Congress remains deadlocked over funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Diverse passengers aboard the Crescent embody contemporary America, reminding readers that citizens adapt and persist even as federal leaders remain deadlocked.—
Bill Barrow,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The alternatives Disney now points to are, for my family, technically and medically unworkable and, in many cases, dangerous.—
Kelsey Maurine Brickl,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2026
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California’s leaders have, at long last, passed legislation free of the requirements that rendered previous bills unworkable.—
Rogé Karma,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Deactivated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deactivated. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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