dormant
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This argument would essentially function as a variation on the so-called dormant commerce clause by inferring implied constitutional constraints on states’ sovereign powers.
From Slate โ Sep. 29, 2026
A county geologist asserted that the application should be denied because mining had been dormant at the site long before the state’s landmark surface mining law took effect in 1976.
From Los Angeles Times โ Sep. 27, 2026
In the fall, Russian and Ukrainian farmers plant “winter wheat,” whose seeds lie dormant before emerging in the spring and which accounts for the bulk of both countries’ annual wheat production.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Sep. 24, 2026
"Why do some supermassive black holes blast out radio jets right after shredding a star, while others just sit there looking completely dormant, only to suddenly fire up their jets months or even years later?"
From Science Daily โ Sep. 21, 2026
It still stung to think about The Gold-Bug squeezed onto a shelf somewhere and Mr. Griswold’s game going dormant.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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