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Adjective
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The threat of a similarly latent attack — in which malware lies dormant in critical infrastructure systems, waiting for a signal to activate — is a real cause for concern in the sector, despite its best efforts and technological advances, experts and insiders said.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026 -
Use your latent magic to shift your public persona as the moon and Pluto harmonize.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Open to Beta Sigma Phi members, active, inactive or on leave.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Apr. 2026
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In the spring, those inactive stink bugs wake up as temperatures warm and try to make their way back outside to find food and breed.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Lassere and Ross-Lonergan, along with thousands of others, have devoted their careers to investigating this tiny and almost perfectly inert speck.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Apr. 2026
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That’s because the moon is much more geologically inert than our rowdy planet.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Adding defensive end Rashan Gary will help bolster a pass rush that was dormant for stretches at a time last season, and bringing in safety Jalen Thompson will give some reliability on the back end that Dallas desperately needed after giving up the most passing yards of any team in the NFL in 2025.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Apr. 2026
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While homeowners fear their brown lawns mean dead grass, Cline and others say lawns that look brown in spring are merely lying dormant.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Buffalo snapped a minor 2-3-2 slump to tie the Lightning atop the division with 102 points, and two ahead of idle Montreal entering the final 10 days of the season.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2026
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The Padres’ entire system will be idle on Monday.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The college sold unused land in 2018 through a rigorous evaluation process.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Apr. 2026
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But unless there’s enough to generate all the needed electricity, with some wind or solar left unused, the Ohio utility will power the data center’s additional activity with the next cheapest source, typically natural gas or coal.—
Arik Levinson,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Metropolitan Council Environmental Services owns vacant land that likely will remain undeveloped for the foreseeable future.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
9 Apr. 2026
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The jail has not been used to hold anyone since the 1980s and has been vacant since 2008.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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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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Every home has that one drawer where unknown or inoperative chargers end up, becoming a tangled mess.—
Kaylei Fear,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Abeyant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abeyant. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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