How to Use at rest in a Sentence

at rest

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  • All of this, of course, can be updated with over the air updates that happen when the car is at rest.
    Scotty Reiss, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • The personalized skin care is based on a diagnostic method called Skin Morphosis, which analyzes skin at rest as well as in motion.
    Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Dragonflies are generally larger and hold their wings horizontally at rest, while the slender damselflies fold their wings over their abdomens.
    Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2026
  • The thefts occurred at eight ATMs, in the city of Milford and at rest stops in Fairfield, Branford, Madison and Darien.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • Watch out for these symptoms If your pet's respiratory rate spikes to more than 40 breaths per minute at rest, Hohenhaus said that necessitates a trip to the emergency room.
    Pat Mueller, USA Today, 16 July 2026
  • This includes encryption at rest and in transit, strict access controls, segregation of duties and continuous monitoring.
    Mohamed Lazzouni, Forbes.com, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Atlassian Service Collection supports multi-factor authentication and encrypts both data at rest and in transit.
    John Brandon, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026

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