latent
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He said the thunderstorm activity on Wednesday night "was poorly captured in forecast modelling albeit the latent risk was sufficiently high to warrant a Met Office yellow warning issued into that night".
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
Though their characters blow hot and cold, her scenes with Johnson in which their latent friendliness comes through are a pleasure to watch.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
The third reason AI worsens investors’ latent action bias: AI models tend to overly agree with users.
From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026
Patients may be exposed to EBV through donor organs that carry a latent form of the virus.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2026
Other types of cancer may in time be found to have a relatively short latent period, also, but at present leukemia seems to be the exception to the general rule of extremely slow development.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing latent
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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