dormant

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With the help of developer Respawn Entertainment, Cal also managed to revive a franchise that had gone dormant, at least in the video game arena.

From Seattle Times

The flowers are often dormant as seeds in the soil, waiting for “just the right conditions” to start their life cycle, she said.

From Washington Post

It looks like a shrub throughout summer, then in the autumn, it blushes bright yellow before going dormant.

From Washington Post

While light loss is the primary cause of autumn color change and leaf loss, chill hours help tell the tree when it’s winter and time to be dormant.

From Washington Post

In February and March, I was grateful to have something to look at besides our dormant lawn and the piles of snow cleared from the sidewalk.

From Washington Post