actives >> /ˈaktɪv/
Definition: [noun] An active form of a verb.
Example: By the way, they discuss many different kinds of bias on the part of the news agency, not just choice between actives and passives.
Definition: [adjective] Engaging or ready to engage in physically energetic pursuits.
Example: although he was seventy he was still robust and active
Definition: [adjective] Pursuing an occupation or activity at a particular place or in a particular way.
Example: the artist was active in the 1920s
Definition: [adjective] (of a thing) working; operative.
Example: the old watermill was active until 1960
Definition: [adjective] Denoting a voice of verbs in which the subject is typically the person or thing performing the action and which can take a direct object (e.g. she loved him as opposed to the passive form he was loved).
Example: Be ruthless with clutter, write in the active voice, place each idea into a sentence of its own, and lastly, get your punctuation right.