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Definition for active

adjective as in having movement

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flowing, functioning, going, mobile, movable, operative, progressive, pushing, rapid, rolling, running, rushing, rustling, shifting, simmering, speeding, streaming, traveling, turning, walking, working

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astir, at work, bustling, efficacious, exertive, hasty, impelling, in force, in play, in process, moving, restless, speedy, swarming

adjective as in very involved in activity

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aggressive, alive, bold, busy, determined, diligent, dynamic, eager, energetic, engaged, enthusiastic, forceful, intense, keen, lively, quick, ready, resolute

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alert, daring, fireball, jumping, pushing, rapid, sharp, whiz

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agile, animated, assiduous, brisk, bustling, chipper, dashing, dexterous, enlivened, enterprising, eventful, forcible, fresh, frisky, hard-working, high-spirited, hyper, industrious, inventive, nimble, on the move, perky, persevering, purposeful, sprightly, spry, zealous

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Cladribine can help people with the active relapsing-remitting version of the disease, as well as more severe, highly active MS, for which it is already used, says drug advisory body NICE.

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Assembly Bill 247 would raise the hourly wage of jail inmates assigned to work on active fire scenes.

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Anna Nikolin-Caisley said her youngest child, Vlad, had been "encouraged" to swallow poison by users of an online "pro-suicide" group which is still active in the UK, despite numerous calls to ban it.

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When asked whether the government was planning a "bonfire of the quangos", a Downing Street spokesperson said the prime minister wanted to see a more "active and agile state".

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They have been mostly ineffective — to the degree they have even been active and present.

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