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quiescent

[kwee-es-uhnt, kwahy-] / kwiˈɛs ənt, kwaɪ- /


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Using publicly available data, the team created detailed maps of breast cancer tumors and found distinct clusters of quiescent cells surrounded by other cells that may serve as a protective barrier.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026

Alexis said, "It is clearly important to focus on proliferative cancer cells, but we also need to understand this population of quiescent dormant cancer cells. And that's been less studied."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026

“Core inflation away from the fast-moving segments that are impacted by energy have been very quiescent, and I think we are going to continue to see that,” Bessent said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

“Core inflation away from the fast-moving segments that are impacted by energy have been very quiescent, and I think we are going to continue to see that,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

By the late innings of the game the rest of the room—a few laggard coals glowed orange beneath the fireplace grate—lay sleeping in soft, quiescent shadows.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson


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