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The phrase "a passive response from" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a reaction or reply that lacks active engagement or assertiveness, often in the context of communication or feedback.
Example: "The committee received a passive response from the stakeholders, indicating their lack of interest in the proposed changes."
Alternatives: "a subdued reply from" or "an indifferent reaction from".
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The president himself has called Europe the "wild card" in the domestic economic recovery and his aides have privately expressed frustration at what they view as a passive response from European leaders to the debt crisis.
Neil Usher, prosecuting, has earlier in the trial described Talbot as "something of a chancer – one of those men who repeatedly and regularly tries it on with his intended victim as often as he can in the hope that his sexual advances will not be rejected, or at the very least his sexual advances will be met by a passive response from each of the boys concerned".
Third lesson, web ads need to deliver some function, not simply ask for a passive response from the surfer.
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This drew a curiously passive response from the Obama Administration, but there remains no evidence that Russia or any other outside force systematically intervened or altered the result in any state.
The role of pharmacists varied from doing a limited medication review with a passive response to the doctor, to teaching and coordination and involvement of other health care professionals in a multidisciplinary team.
So questions elicit an active response, whereas statements often have a passive response.
"When that happens, everyone kind of stops and stands and watches, which can look like a passive response".
We now know that a passive response to climate disruption is far more costly than active engagement.
"Turning the other cheek" is often misunderstood as a passive response to abuse, but it's not.
A passive response approach is used.
Recognize a passive response.
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