How to Use proactively in a Sentence

proactively

adverb

• In an ideal world, the rest of the group will proactively suggest that the person who isn’t drinking pay less.
  — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 25 Aug. 2023
• In turn, this slows down the aging process and proactively prevents damage to cells.
  — Katie Intner, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 July 2023
• During his time at his sister’s, Michael proactively tries to pawn the kids off on others.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024
• Armed with that insight, Aflac’s sales team could take steps proactively to retain those clients.
  — John Kell, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024
• Some observers would proactively move chairs and obstacles to clear a path for the robots.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Mar. 2023
• The Chiefs and Bills may have to proactively give them raises to keep everyone happy . . .
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023
• The key will launch Copilot by default, so people will need to proactively change it to something else.
  — Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 23 Sep. 2024
• The group wants Meta to proactively remove all of the torture videos and images, and prevent any from being posted in the future.
  — Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 5 June 2024
• Another said Trump had proactively asked Gaetz to do it.
  — Jonathan Karl, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2023
• In response, the fast food chain has proactively removed the onions and patties used for the burgers from stores in the affected states, according to the CDC.
  — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
• However, Lloyd is also bullish about the need for book trade leaders to proactively embrace and shape AI.
  — Molly Flatt, Fortune Europe, 17 Apr. 2024
• To this day, leads are still flowing in, and customers, partners and competitors proactively reach out to thank us for the fun and memorable event.
  — Chris Venezia, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
• With GEDmatch, users must proactively opt in to be included in these searches.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 23 Mar. 2023
• And most of the time, doctors don’t proactively administer them.
  — Hannah Docter-Loeb, Scientific American, 28 Mar. 2023
• This year, Ansari said she’s worked proactively with the city to provide heat relief and shelter in her district, well before the summer heat arrived.
  — Amy Qin, The Arizona Republic, 29 June 2022
• Trian said in a statement that it was offered a chance to meet with the board, but that it was not proactively offered any seats, forcing it to take its case to shareholders.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2023
• The Estate is open to working proactively with Morris to resolve this matter.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 3 Mar. 2022
• That means companies and managers have to think proactively about how to prepare their workers.
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 19 June 2024
• If someone is facing challenges, reach out proactively by phone or email.
  — Lee Woodruff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2020
• Caltrans will proactively be replacing portions of aging concrete on the bridge deck — the driving surface for cars — as well as the approach slabs to the bridge.
  — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2023
• The restaurant closed for a day proactively during Tropical Storm Hilary, losing a day of sales.
  — Mae Anderson, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2023
• The analysis doesn't mean one school is safer than another; rather, it was meant to demonstrate how NWA's districts have proactively worked to protect kids.
  — Worth Sparkman, Axios, 13 Aug. 2024
• The city will develop a plan next year that creates a road map to achieve this goal and to proactively seek input on it from the community, the resolution states.
  — Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 16 Nov. 2021
• But nothing prevented the Fed from proactively making its own judgments about SVB’s health.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2023
• Future Perfect took the opportunity to try to proactively predict what might be some of the meaningful turning points of the next decade.
  — Bryan Walsh, Vox, 3 June 2024
• Two observers say the BBC proactively gathered the employees to hear their views and understand more about their wellbeing.
  — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 20 June 2024
• Valve proactively reached out to Nintendo, and Nintendo, in turn, issued a vague legal threat.
  — Sean Hollister, The Verge, 20 July 2023
• For those who want to share the images, Twitter recommends that users proactively mark them as sensitive media.
  — Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 8 May 2023
• Trendy clothing chain Altar’d State has proactively gone all-in on Swift mania by curating looks from its collection for every one of the Swift albums.
  — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 27 May 2023
• Williams also noted that in hotspot areas where the city has proactively monitored for dumping and residents don’t call in reports, people have discarded items out on the street, believing that the city will pick them up.
  — Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024