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Adjective
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Lush green reeds in the channel had suddenly turned brown and lifeless, and birds had disappeared.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026 -
Hiller was in just his second full season in charge of the Kings, who looked lifeless Thursday in an 8-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers — the team that also sent Los Angeles home early from the past four Stanley Cup playoffs.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Mar. 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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First, temperatures are much more moderate for outdoor work, the ground is usually moist after winter rains, and the shrub is dormant.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
1 Mar. 2026
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Once non-native seeds are no longer a threat to germinate, native seeds that can lay dormant for decades will have exclusive access to winter rain.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
28 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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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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But for at least a little while, within the confines of San Francisco’s Moscone Center, there was a glimmer of a life in a contest that has been largely inert.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
25 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,
24 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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With the win, the Sharks (29-25-4) moved to within three points of the idle Seattle Kraken for the second wild card spot in the Western Conference.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Noted and quickly forgotten, except for my idle curiosity about how much those equipment-laden belts must weigh.—
Amy Lindgren,
Twin Cities,
28 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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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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“Stagnating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stagnating. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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