abeyant

Definition of abeyantnext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abeyant
Adjective
  • Better diagnostic capabilities in healthcare increased visibility and understanding into latent health risk.
    Bob Zukis, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • By not categorizing the ISS as a monetizable enterprise, an immense amount of enterprise value remains latent and inaccessible to the broader market.
    Tejpaul Bhatia, Fortune, 20 May 2026
Adjective
  • Brockermeyer, an undrafted rookie from Miami, earned first-team snaps in an OTA practice where Neuzil was inactive.
    Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 19 June 2026
  • Cooper explains that while scientists have documented placebo responses for centuries, the phenomenon gained broader recognition in the early 20th century as researchers realized patients often improved even after receiving inactive treatments.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 18 June 2026
Adjective
  • The model estimates that 35 percent to 55 percent of consumers are non-inert.
    HEC Paris Insights, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Originally supposed to fly Sierra Space Dream Chaser test flight, but payload switched to an inert mass simulator because of potential Dream Chaser delays beyond October launch date.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2026
Adjective
  • And inflation, which had bedeviled the United States and much of the global economy during the 1970s, was remarkably dormant during Greenspan’s chairmanship, something many economists had not thought could occur for so long a period.
    Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 22 June 2026
  • Some of the microbes may still exist in a dormant state more than 5,000 years after Ötzi's death, as his body sits at the South Tyrol Museum, the experts said.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026
Adjective
  • That’s 10 years of farming around idle pump jacks and tabulating acres damaged by fluid leaks.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026
  • Standard charging can slow things down if trucks have to sit idle for too long.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 22 June 2026
Adjective
  • Much of that gas often goes unused or gets released into the atmosphere.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 15 June 2026
  • Closing and sealing doors will prevent cool air from traveling to unused spaces.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 15 June 2026
Adjective
  • Detroit fire crews extinguished the fire at the vacant home, and no injuries were reported.
    Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • Like so many other places in regional Britain, its mines and mills have been replaced by retail and service industry jobs; its local stores now vape shops or vacant altogether.
    Alexander Smith, NBC news, 18 June 2026
Adjective
  • If the main engines were to become inoperative, six smaller orbit-control thrusters can still be activated on the lunar surface, providing an alternative pathway for a rapid ascent.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 14 June 2026
  • And there’s been plenty of media focus since then — including on inoperative toilets.
    Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
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“Abeyant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abeyant. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.

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