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to dormant

adjective

Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.

  • Grass goes dormant during the winter, waiting for spring before it grows again.

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Called the al-Qaida organisation in north Africa … The sleeping cells in Libya are similar to dormant cells in America before 9/11".

The ruling upheld an appeal by the shareholders of Proton Bank, once majority-owned by Mr. Lavrentiadis, who claimed to have suffered major losses after the lender allegedly issued hundreds of millions of dollars in bad loans to dormant companies.

From the soothing strains of Richard Clayderman, to dormant indie legends My Bloody Valentine and lost-in-action soul singer D'Angelo, reputations usefully burnished by lengthy periods of inactivity may finally be placed on the line.

The ruling upheld an appeal filed by the shareholders in Proton Bank, once majority-owned by Mr. Lavrentiadis, who claimed they lost substantial wealth after he allegedly issued hundreds of millions of dollars in bad loans to dormant companies.

Mr. Lavrentiadis is still facing a host of accusations stemming from hundreds of millions of dollars in loans made by his Proton bank to dormant companies — sometimes, investigators say, ordering an employee to withdraw the money in bags of cash.

The $65 million repaid by Mr. Lavrentiadis in a bid to secure immunity is regarded by prosecutors as only a part of the more than $915 million in bad loans that prosecutors say Proton floated to dormant companies.

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Cut back lateral growth to three to five dormant buds.

Transition of proliferating cells to the dormant phase due to inadequate supply of oxygen and nutrients.

What causes the SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) to be expressed, to spring into action or to remain dormant?

In the wild, plants recognize when to go dormant by being sensitive to shorter days, lower temperatures or reduced rainfall.

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