dormant
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Or it’s less severed than simply dormant, temporarily out of use.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
An hour south, in Childersburg, Ala., a World War II-era plant that once manufactured explosives—and heavy water for the Manhattan Project—sits dormant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
This argument would essentially function as a variation on the so-called dormant commerce clause by inferring implied constitutional constraints on states’ sovereign powers.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026
A county geologist asserted that the application should be denied because mining had been dormant at the site long before the state’s landmark surface mining law took effect in 1976.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
It’s Strange indeed how memories can lie dormant in a man’s mind for so many years.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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