dormant
Example Sentences
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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
Tice reportedly channelled these dividends into structures including an offshore trust and "a string of dormant businesses", which "reduced his exposure to tax".
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026
“But I don’t believe you. The Pandava souls have lain dormant since the end of the Mahabharata War. Why would they appear now?”
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.