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Adjective
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For Goebbels and the Nazis, propaganda was most effective when it was turned into an art—attempting to express what was already latent in the human soul.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026 -
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
Adjective
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Both inactive tuberculosis and active TB can be treated with a mix of several different medicines.—
Allison Gibson,
Sacbee.com,
7 May 2026
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But about six hours before tip-off at Madison Square Garden, the Sixers said the former NBA MVP would be inactive with that ankle issue and right hip soreness.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
6 May 2026
Adjective
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Instead of being blandly inert, its properties may change depending on location.—
Paul M. Sutter,
Scientific American,
6 May 2026
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But none of that intertextual awareness matters if the heart of the next movie chapter feels this artistically inert.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
6 May 2026
Adjective
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Trout, 34, has been mostly dormant as a star in that time.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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Researchers stressed that living plastics can function when the spores are dormant and decay when the spores are activated.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
3 May 2026
Adjective
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Now, more than half of the trucks used to fill potholes sit idle every day because of our staffing shortage.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
4 May 2026
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Havana's famous fleet of classic cars now also sit idle.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 May 2026
Adjective
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As a result, the processor spends a lot of time moving parameters from VRAM to compute units for each token, and compute cycles are going unused during this process.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
6 May 2026
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Activities such as opening and cleaning long unused buildings, cleaning up rodent nests or droppings without appropriate precautions, and working in a field that increases exposure to rodents, such as construction, utility work, pest control and farming, also can up the risks.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
5 May 2026
Adjective
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For example, with more vacant downtown office space on the market, the city should work to bring more office-to-housing conversion projects online.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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That council seat was vacant for less than six weeks.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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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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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 11 May. 2026.
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