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quiescence

[kwee-es-uhns, kwahy-] / kwiˈɛs əns, kwaɪ- /


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"One fact is conclusive proof of the quiescence of the middle class - that hardly any officials resigned in protest against the Emergency," writes historian Ramachandra Guha in his book India After Gandhi.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2025

Second, and crucially, it intimidates opponents into silence and quiescence.

From Slate Dec. 6, 2024

In their new technique, however, the researchers found the signatures of autofluorescence can be used to study stem cells' dormant state, known as quiescence.

From Science Daily Mar. 27, 2024

Watching these videos is my surest path to calm and quiescence.

From New York Times Feb. 1, 2024

I answered miserably that the disease hath a period of quiescence before it blooms.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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