Proactive
Proactive adjective - (of a policy or person or action) controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens.
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Practical and Proactive. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/proactive/practical
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