dormant
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Disney’s $1 billion investment in OpenAI never went through, and its relationship with the company is effectively dormant.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Those same banks are teeming with relatively dormant deposits.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
Since my diagnosis, I’ve undergone multiple rounds of radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy, going in and out of periods of remission, when my cancer was temporarily dormant, many times.
From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026
The suits claim it acted negligently, including by failing to remove the old, dormant transmission line in Eaton Canyon.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
Mount Dad, long dormant, now considered armed and dangerous.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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