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quiescent

[kwee-es-uhnt, kwahy-] / kwiˈɛs ənt, kwaɪ- /


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Many are quiescent, meaning they are not consuming nearby material or producing detectable light.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

“Core inflation away from the fast-moving segments that are impacted by energy have been very quiescent, and I think we are going to continue to see that,” Bessent said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

In 2019, a routine observation by the Zwicky scope noticed a previously unheralded quiescent galaxy called SDSS1335+0728, 300 million light-years away, suddenly brighten.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 17, 2024

"We found that TILs from metastatic uveal melanoma have the potential to attack the tumor, but something in the tumor microenvironment is shutting them down, so they're in a dormant, or quiescent, state," explained Kammula.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2024

By the late innings of the game the rest of the room—a few laggard coals glowed orange beneath the fireplace grate—lay sleeping in soft, quiescent shadows.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson




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