quiescent

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"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

But not by much: The cluster’s gas was surprisingly quiescent, not the maelstrom theorists had predicted.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 15, 2023

"The risk metrics that look quiescent and favoring idiosyncrasy may in fact be a chimera much more vulnerable to a macro shock than implied currently," said Arnim Holzer, global macro strategist at EAB Investment Group.

From Reuters • Jul. 5, 2023

When denied their quiescent period with annoying pulses of water all night, the jellies’ own pulses became slower and longer the next day, and the creatures showed reduced responsiveness, just as if they were sleep-deprived.

From Scientific American • Jun. 16, 2023

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