hibernation
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Two months later, the Treasury concluded the economy was "in hibernation", with the sharpest fall in output for nearly 100 years.
From BBC
Animal spirits are astir after several decades of hibernation.
Read next: The Fed has gone into hibernation.
From MarketWatch
Read next: The Fed has gone into hibernation.
From MarketWatch
Figuring out how to mimic hibernation, allowing the human body to husband resources during long stretches of transport, could contribute to superiority in space.
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