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quiescent

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


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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

Grossniklaus' team has now shown that the quiescent egg cell is also in this phase.

From Science Daily • Feb. 15, 2024

Vesuvius’s importance, too, seems to have waned: the volcano has been quiescent since 1944.

From Scientific American • Aug. 16, 2023

"The risk metrics that look quiescent and favoring idiosyncrasy may in fact be a chimera much more vulnerable to a macro shock than implied currently," said Arnim Holzer, global macro strategist at EAB Investment Group.

From Reuters • Jul. 5, 2023

It was the only way to keep them quiescent.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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