dormancy
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One potential bright spot for the private-equity industry is the IPO market, which is coming back to life after years of dormancy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
She suggests so called "active dormancy" - mixing a slower restful lifestyle with activities that still keep us mentally engaged.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025
Summer dormancy has turned the tall stalks of wand buckwheat brown and bare, except for tiny balls of pink flowers, but the plants should leaf out again in the spring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025
The third installment of the “28 Years” zombie franchise reboots the series after more than a decade of dormancy following 2007’s “28 Weeks Later.”
From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2025
Other variation, such as that in seed dispersal mechanisms or seed dormancy, would have gone unrecognized by humans before the rise of modern botany.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing dormancy
Plants (Botany) - High School
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