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Activation would give the bloc a spectrum of options ranging from restrictions on U.S. companies to mechanisms that could cut into U.S. companies’ profits in Europe.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

"Our best protection is Activation Lock," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2025

The paper is titled "Activation of CBASS-Cap5 endonuclease immune effector by cyclic nucleotides."

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2024

Activation of LSH genes then confers nodule organ identity.

From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2024

Activation meant turning them on and giving them a sort of basic training in the tasks they were designed to do.

From The Machine That Saved The World by Leinster, Murray