suspended animation
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The Matrix films were based on the idea that machine-addicted humans would put their bodies in suspended animation while computers provided a virtual reality that replaced real life.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Going to sleep in the cryochamber – with its pods radiating outward like the petals of a suspended animation daisy – was their second mistake.
From Salon • Jul. 17, 2025
The Thracian show floats in a state of suspended animation.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025
The researchers plan to continue investigating how different species regulate diapause and to dig deeper into the role of lipid metabolism during diapause and other types of suspended animation.
From Science Daily • May 28, 2024
In the months to come, because one did have to keep on walking, one desperately wanted to believe nothing had changed during those years of suspended animation.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
