inert
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"We write information into stable, inert materials that can withstand the passage of time and remain fully accessible to future generations."
From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026
Buffett acknowledged that an inert asset might thrive at times as an object of speculation or when it’s driven by fear about things like war or the value of the dollar.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Lutnick’s testimony this past week, like Bondi’s, is thus operating as a still life in what happens when the law becomes inert.
From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026
It’s a salad that can sit in the fridge for days without losing its snap, yet it’s never inert: a forkful zings, a little sweet, a little tart, a little green, a little peppery.
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025
The gauges remained inert, and he said to himself, An android response.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
Vocabulary lists containing inert
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And Then There Were None
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