quiescent
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They then cross-matched the findings with a catalog of 2.4 million quiescent galaxies compiled over recent decades by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 17, 2024
Grossniklaus' team has now shown that the quiescent egg cell is also in this phase.
From Science Daily • Feb. 15, 2024
"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
The mechanism is just one way that scientists are realizing that asteroids can be active, dynamic places rather than quiescent lumps of rock.
From Scientific American • Mar. 29, 2023
It was the only way to keep them quiescent.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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