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dormant

[dawr-muhnt] / ˈdɔr mənt /


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“My garden is beautiful in the spring; then it goes dormant in the summer. And that’s OK.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Many of the sites are dormant, researchers said, primed to activate as the competition nears.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

"We believe this represents an opening of the floodgates for the IPO market, which has been relatively dormant for a few years," said Dan Ives of Wedbush Securities.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Young mice and very old mice had higher levels of these protective immune cells, and their tumors were more likely to remain dormant or spread less aggressively.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

“After it appeared, after years of being dormant in the Twelve Towns and attacking that boy in Boggs Ferry, we knew we had to tame it. To make it ours,” Barbatos said.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega




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