abeyant

Definition of abeyantnext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abeyant
Adjective
  • An outbreak in January among high school students in San Francisco points to the persistence of the disease, which has both active and latent stages, according to previous reporting by The Mercury News.
    Allison Gibson, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2026
  • D’Angelo’s 1995 interpretation spotlighted what had always been latent — the song’s vibrant eroticism.
    New York Times, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The organization is inactive or irrelevant for lengthy periods when the market is in balance or, less often, when the group has no spare capacity to raise production.
    Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • Szabo also has a real estate broker license in South Carolina, though it is listed as inactive.
    Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2026
Adjective
  • As a result, people can become extremely apathetic, not motivated to do anything, and seemingly inert.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
  • Sadly, Luna’s inert fourth feature behind the camera, Ashes (Ceniza en la Boca), is unlikely to course-correct that faltering trajectory.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Adjective
  • Featuring aching, ferocious performances from Emmy winners Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson, Camp Miasma imagines the resurrection of a dormant slasher franchise.
    David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2026
  • Friends since first grade and bandmates since high school, the two 32-year-old Rogers Park natives and founding members of the then-dormant Chicago indie-rock band Twin Peaks weren’t at the Pilsen venue scouting locations for a potential reformation.
    Blair R. Fischer, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
Adjective
  • The plane to be used to repatriate Dutch and other nationals stands idle at the Tenerife Sur-Reina Sofia Airport awaiting evacuees from the Hondius on Sunday.
    Phil Helsel, NBC news, 10 May 2026
  • The deflating defeat, narrated by an intermittent cascade of boos, rendered their record the worst in baseball at 7-16 and suddenly a half-game lousier than the idle New York Mets.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2026
Adjective
  • Rodents can also nest in unused cars, RVs, campers and boats, which can be sources of exposure when reopened.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
  • During the broadband explosion in the late 1990s, the broadband services division of Enron aimed to sell unused capacity on its network of fiber optic cables prior to the company’s spectacular failure.
    Tobias Burns, CNBC, 12 May 2026
Adjective
  • But during a time when Detroit officials had verifiable data on formerly vacant homes and buildings being redeveloped into housing, they were frustrated that Census population estimates did not align with local data.
    Paula Wethington, CBS News, 14 May 2026
  • Whatever the case may be, don’t let your shoes spend too long vacant on the porch.
    Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 14 May 2026
Adjective
  • And there’s been plenty of media focus since then — including on inoperative toilets.
    Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The antiskid system was inoperative, and all four main tires on the landing gear blew.
    Jeff Suess, Cincinnati Enquirer, 22 Mar. 2026
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“Abeyant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abeyant. Accessed 17 May. 2026.

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