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quiescence

[kwee-es-uhns, kwahy-] / kwiˈɛs əns, kwaɪ- /


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"One fact is conclusive proof of the quiescence of the middle class - that hardly any officials resigned in protest against the Emergency," writes historian Ramachandra Guha in his book India After Gandhi.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2025

By focusing on light emitted by parts of the cell that change in key ways with quiescence, the researchers identified the light "signature" that matches a target cell state.

From Science Daily Mar. 27, 2024

Some 800 years ago, between the years 1210 and 1240, sporadic fissure eruptions took place across Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula—a period of activity that was followed by a long period of quiescence.

From National Geographic Jan. 17, 2024

Most experts have converged upon an answer: We are paying back a collective “immunity debt,” one accrued from the quiescence of traditional respiratory viruses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

From Slate Dec. 5, 2022

I answered miserably that the disease hath a period of quiescence before it blooms.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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