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Adjective
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Van Dyke, 66, was found lifeless and stuffed under a bed on Saturday at his apartment in the city of Limon, the local Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) reported.—
Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
17 Feb. 2026 -
The lesser of the Filipino adaptations of Wuthering Heights, this is a mostly lifeless updating that drains the tale of much of its complexity.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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But the tone, substance, and other conclusions that characterize the piece are irresponsible, and unproductive.—
Neil Chilson,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2026
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Tens of thousands of unproductive and unplugged oil wells have been abandoned across California — many of which continue to leak potentially explosive methane or toxic benzene.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Amend the soil and leave it fallow.—
Nadia Hassani,
The Spruce,
20 Feb. 2026
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Its 2019 and 2022 editions took place in late fall — a move designed to boost tourism and staycations at downtown hotels on what is typically a fallow November weekend.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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But from November to April, most of those bugs are dormant.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
23 Feb. 2026
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Pruning these old shoots during the dormant season would remove the flower buds, leaving us with flowerless plants for the year.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
23 Feb. 2026
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But the astronomers suspect this kind of bursty young galaxy in the early universe may someday evolve into what's known as a massive quiescent galaxy in the modern-day cosmos.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
21 Nov. 2025
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All of that water weight exerts a steady downward pressure, suppressing rifting and magma flow, and keeping the subterranean region relatively quiescent.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
12 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Contemporary research increasingly frames buildings not as inert endpoints, but as active participants within intelligent networks.—
Nathanael Bondu,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2026
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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,
16 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Under Maryland Senate Rule 42, this action can be taken once a bill has been idle in a committee for more than 20 days, a threshold the map will reach in the Senate Rules Committee on Tuesday.—
Eric H. Holder Jr,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Feb. 2026
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The Magic, 76ers and Raptors all play on Sunday, while the Heat is idle until beginning a two-game trip on Tuesday against the Bucks in Milwaukee.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
22 Feb. 2026
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Pruning also thins nonproductive stems, allowing light to reach the interior of the tree and ripen the fruit.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Dec. 2025
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The key is refusing to engage in circular or baiting conversations, instead setting boundaries and exiting nonproductive conversations.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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