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having or showing awareness of and preparation for the future
- proactive decision by the city fathers to plan for the eventual withering away of the region's manufacturing base
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“Proactive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proactive. Accessed 24 Jun. 2021.
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The first known use of proactive was in 1933
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