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quiescent

[kwee-es-uhnt, kwahy-] / kwiˈɛs ənt, kwaɪ- /


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"Grocery-store inflation accelerated notably after a string of quiescent readings, underscoring the lags between energy price shocks and nonenergy consumer prices."

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026

“Core inflation away from the fast-moving segments that are impacted by energy have been very quiescent, and I think we are going to continue to see that,” Bessent said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

They then cross-matched the findings with a catalog of 2.4 million quiescent galaxies compiled over recent decades by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 17, 2024

"We found that TILs from metastatic uveal melanoma have the potential to attack the tumor, but something in the tumor microenvironment is shutting them down, so they're in a dormant, or quiescent, state," explained Kammula.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2024

And up from the quiescent, waiting land a faint mist rose, silver as moonlight, and clung about the tree trunks.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck


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