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Adjective
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Last year's Canadian Open was a birdie-fest and ball-knowers, aka golf course nerds, are dragging TPC Toronto, calling it lifeless and uninspiring.—
Geoff Clark OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2026 -
Expecting a romantic interlude, he is horrified to find Jenny’s lifeless body artfully arranged on the bed.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 June 2026
Adjective
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In subsequent winters, trim back unproductive gray branches but keep the fruitful reddish ones.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Dec. 2025
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This process helps avoid unproductive drilling by using satellite signals, ground measurements, and geologic models to guide early decisions.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Nov. 2025
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The company has about 150 solar projects in its North American portfolio with the bulk of those developments on fallow land, hayfields and former farmland.—
Ayurella Horn-Muller,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 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
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Prosecutors in Sacramento alleged that Williamson and at least two others conspired to funnel funds from former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra's dormant campaign account.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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DeGregori’s team found that breast cancer cells in mice whose dormant cancers returned after a COVID infection reactivated in response to high levels of IL-6.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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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
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The bottom line is that responsibility for today’s rising positive results for COVID-19 and other once quiescent ailments like pertussis runs directly through Kennedy and Trump.—
Thomas Elias,
Mercury News,
27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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On a chunk of gold, this is not an issue because there are plenty of atoms to go around, so each surface ends up almost completely inert.—
Chris Lee,
ArsTechnica,
9 June 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,
8 June 2026
Adjective
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Rather than remain idle, the conservation corps shifted its efforts elsewhere, traveling south to assist with wildfire mitigation projects near Colorado's Great Sand Dunes.—
Dillon Thomas,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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That doesn't mean, though, that 8% of those GPUs are idle.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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Returning nonproductive properties to the tax rolls, creating jobs and boosting the quality of life are only some of the benefits of redeveloping troubled properties.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 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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“Stagnating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stagnating. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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