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inactive

[in-ak-tiv] / ɪnˈæk tɪv /


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“We have these inactive lines still available because there is a reasonable chance we’re going to use them in the future,” Shinjini Menon, Edison’s senior vice president of system planning and engineering, said then.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The team also found that inactive GRK2 appears to increase the production of amyloid beta, a protein fragment widely associated with Alzheimer's disease.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

The number of economically inactive young people was 613,000.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Cells with extra DNA may stop functioning normally, become inactive, die, change into other cell types, accumulate age related damage, or contribute to diseases including cancer.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

Some plates are large and comparatively inactive, others small but energetic.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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