as in exertion
energetic movement of the body for the sake of physical fitness
had to restrict his activity after the surgery, which meant letting the weeds take over the garden
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Recent Examples of activity
Lower interest rates typically stimulate economic activity, drive up corporate profits and lift the value of forward-looking assets like stocks and cryptocurrencies.
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2024
So far, these viral flashing light phenomena have not been tied to drone activity and could simply have been posted originally to troll people concerned about the drones.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Most grantmaking activities, the department said in a contingency plan last year, would be paused.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
The launch date is dependent on spacecraft traffic to the ISS and in-orbit activity planning and constraints that have to be coordinated with NASA.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2024
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2024
So far, these viral flashing light phenomena have not been tied to drone activity and could simply have been posted originally to troll people concerned about the drones.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Most grantmaking activities, the department said in a contingency plan last year, would be paused.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
The launch date is dependent on spacecraft traffic to the ISS and in-orbit activity planning and constraints that have to be coordinated with NASA.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for activity
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That material is then applied judiciously so the top and bottom function well together, with pit zips that offer access to secure internal pockets configured for backcountry gear storage—reinforcing the focus on performance under heavy exertion.Outside Online, Outside Online, 9 Dec. 2024
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The filming and the editing of the scene, for all its relative simplicity, conveys, above all, cinematographic effort—not physical exertion but aesthetic resolve.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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Flatt had the team staying in dorms without air conditioning.Paul Skrbina, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Having progressed from bottle washing and being a general dogsbody to a youth strength and conditioning coach, Bunce served as Southampton’s head of athletic development between 2011 and 2014, working closely with youngsters such as Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Luke Shaw.Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 17 Dec. 2024
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These movies, which are being churned out at a dizzying clip, are mostly exercises in risk aversion.Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
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The Superman is a bodyweight exercise that really fires up your posterior chain—a.k.a.Christa Sgobba, SELF, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Activity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/activity. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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