dormant

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Disney’s $1 billion investment in OpenAI never went through, and its relationship with the company is effectively dormant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Those same banks are teeming with relatively dormant deposits.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Since my diagnosis, I’ve undergone multiple rounds of radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy, going in and out of periods of remission, when my cancer was temporarily dormant, many times.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

The experts warned that dormant mould spores could reactivate when the overbudget and delayed facilities finally open, posing a health hazard for the lifetime of the buildings.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

As I see it today, the ability to read awoke inside me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey