serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
Investigators have moved from being perpetually on the back foot to being more proactive, with the result that many exchanges have responded with new rules and controls that simply did not exist before.
North Korean hackers steal billions in cryptocurrency. How do they turn it into real cash?|Patrick O'Neill|September 10, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Take a bank like M&T — they say they are being proactive, but from the outside, you really have no idea.
A Loan Crisis Looms for Commercial Property|Daniel Malloy|September 8, 2020|Ozy
I don’t have the same implicit sense of how my team and colleagues are doing, so I need to be more proactive to check in.
How this year’s 40 Under 40 are surviving the pandemic|jonathanvanian2015|September 7, 2020|Fortune
It has a lot to do with very specific, proactive efforts taken by the generation of women above me who launched the Women in Topology network.
Conducting the Mathematical Orchestra From the Middle|Rachel Crowell|September 2, 2020|Quanta Magazine
To do that, employers and hiring managers need to look at who is in their networks — if everyone looks like or acts like them, they need to take proactive steps to expand their reach.
Deep Dive: How companies and their employees are facing the future of work|Digiday|September 1, 2020|Digiday
These are reactive, not proactive, stances, and they do little to offer substantive solutions.
Men Need A Better Men’s Rights Movement|Nancy Kaffer|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There seems to be a proactive disregard for knowing or caring about their lives and plight.
Ferguson, Immigration, and ‘Us Vs. Them’|Gene Robinson|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Without a dedicated and proactive rescue force, campaigners fear, the death toll in the Mediterranean will skyrocket.