In a sentence
Six example sentences with proactive, each labelled with its topic.
The clinic takes a proactive approach, phoning patients to book screenings before any symptoms appear.
Medicine
A proactive runner replaces worn shoes at four hundred miles instead of waiting for shin pain to force a rest.
Fitness
The proactive account manager called clients about the shipping delay before a single one of them noticed it.
Business
A proactive alert flagged the disk at eighty percent, days before it would have filled and stopped the database.
Technology
The proactive saver raises her pension contribution with every pay rise, before the extra money reaches her account.
Finance
The council took a proactive approach to flooding, clearing culverts in September rather than after the first storm.
Environment
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- Business Word List (part 2)Authoritative
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