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The pipeline also features vaccines for other latent viruses, such as Cytomegalovirus (mRNA-1647) in Phase 3 trials, and investigational vaccines for Epstein-Barr Virus and Herpes Simplex Virus.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025 -
This can occur soon after becoming infected, but more frequently happens months or even years after the infection has been contained in the latent stage.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
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Boston played its previous 19 games with at least one starter or rotation player inactive.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2025
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Simple steps—such as checking balances, using debit cards, or logging into digital banking—can prevent accounts from becoming inactive.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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Originally supposed to fly Sierra Space Dream Chaser test flight, but payload switched to an inert mass simulator because of potential Dream Chaser delays beyond October launch date.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2025
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Many firms pursued the idea of scientific management, i.e. imposing a system of inert processes, methods, structure, and systems on staff in order to make money.—
Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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Like the virus that causes chicken pox (varicella-zoster), HPV can lie dormant in the body for decades.—
Liz Szabo,
Scientific American,
29 Apr. 2025
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Technology teams were left stranded, waiting months for essential components or scrambling to find alternatives from dormant inventories to maintain continuity.—
Archaana Pattabhii,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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The days before the storied conclave May 7 at the Vatican are not idle, and an unspoken selection process is already underway amid whispers in corridors and cafes throughout Rome and other cities in Italy.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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First Solar might have to reduce or idle production at the Malaysia and Vietnam factories.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
30 Apr. 2025
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Roseman appeared to take a more hands-on role at City Hall of late, leading to clashes with city leaders over seemingly procedural issues — among them the purchase of 37 police vehicles that, for months, sat unused at a Ford dealership in San Leandro.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
1 May 2025
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That was a rare commodity in China 25 years ago, and the gift did not go unused.—
Steve Nadis,
Quanta Magazine,
23 Apr. 2025
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In the 13th century, the papacy was vacant for almost three years before the election of Gregory X, who tightened up conclave rules.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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The lot had been vacant since the early 1900s when this house was completed in 2018.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 May 2025
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At the same time, Israel has acted to render what is left of Assad’s navy inoperative.—
Bassem Eid,
New York Daily News,
2 Jan. 2025
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Although there several election ballot scanners were inoperative at multiple polling locations in Cambria County in Pennsylvania, no widespread voting problems had been reported by the late afternoon.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2024
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“Abeyant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abeyant. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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