latent
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She wants to show how there’s latent wisdom to the rule that was incorporated into this history.
From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026
However, a person with a latent TB infection is at risk of developing the disease anytime.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026
"Cardiac disease can have what we call a latent period – it may not manifest at the time of a screen and instead happen down the line," says Augustine.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026
What’s missing is any account of the mechanisms that translate latent capacity into sustained strategic effect.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
Even so, it was a hard fight, and it aroused the last latent remnants of Buck’s ferocity.
From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London
Vocabulary lists containing latent
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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