How to Use proactively in a Sentence

proactively

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• At the request of Gen. Gerasimov, Gen. Brown agreed to not proactively announce the call.
  — Brendan Cole, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
• 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
• Now your Friday nights are wide open, but instead of wallowing alone, proactively call your friends and make plans.
  — Jenny McCoy, Glamour, 6 Dec. 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
• Officials in India banned TikTok in 2020, and the company also proactively blacked out the app in that case.
  — Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 19 Jan. 2025
• 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
• Gi-hun and Player 001 debated about whether to proactively attack the other side during the night, rather than just be sitting ducks.
  — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 27 Dec. 2024
• The restaurant closed for a day proactively during Tropical Storm Hilary, losing a day of sales.
  — Mae Anderson, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2023
• When the motor starts to run hot, the OEM can proactively alert the plant operator before a major outage occurs.
  — Chris Turlica, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
• 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
• Rather than allow the restriction to play out, and perhaps have the platform stagger on for a few more weeks or months, TikTok decided to proactively take away access a little early.
  — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 4 Feb 2025