suspended animation
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‘The Matrix films were based on the idea that machine-addicted humans would put their bodies in suspended animation.’
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Even where trees don't drop their leaves and the earth doesn't sleep under a blanket of snow, subtle changes may indicate a slowing, a retreat, a sense of suspended animation.
From Salon • Apr. 20, 2025
The Thracian show floats in a state of suspended animation.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025
They survive by entering a state of suspended animation called biostasis, using proteins that form gels inside of cells and slow down life processes, according to the new UW-led research.
From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2024
They were paintings about suspended animation; about waiting, about objects not in use.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
