inactivity
Example Sentences
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The initial restart was ahead of schedule, but months of inactivity allowed water to accumulate in parts of the mine, wetting the ore and necessitating new loading equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
If music helps people tolerate exercise more easily and stay active longer, it may help reduce some of the health risks associated with low fitness levels and physical inactivity.
From Science Daily • May 9, 2026
The bigger question now may be less about appearance and more about whether age and inactivity have dulled those attributes.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
The oil market’s initial inactivity on Monday and early Tuesday suggested traders maybe don’t believe Trump will hold to his deadline.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
I won’t remember what’s really going to happen, that nerve-silence spreading over the whole of my body, like a purple cloud, that emptiness, that inactivity.
From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson
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