idle
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The bill, sought by Coinbase, aims to boost institutional crypto adoption; a compromise allows rewards on usage, not idle deposits.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
Prosecutors said this was not an idle remark but clear evidence of foreknowledge.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
But the secretary’s absence on the world stage doesn’t mean he has been idle.
From Salon • May 5, 2026
California also imports gasoline in amounts that have been sharply increasing since the Valero Benecia refinery went idle in February and the Phillips 66 Wilmington refinery went offline in December.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026
And for five years we have stood waiting….Not as idle spectators, but as the busiest and most unwearied actors,” wrote suffragist Frances Dana Barker Gage in a letter to the Anti-Slavery Standard, an abolitionist newspaper.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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