abeyant

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abeyant
Adjective
  • 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
  • There are 85 latent cases — which the U.S. Centers for Disease Control explains means that the bacteria that causes tuberculosis is present, but not active.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • But he’s been inactive for much of the last three years.
    Josh Katzowitz, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • While the Kenya Moore Hair Spa website is inactive, as of writing, bookings can still be done on Style Seat, a beauty services website, for multiple services, including silk presses, trims, blow outs, protein treatments, sew ins, quick weaves, take downs, scalp analyses, and wig installations.
    Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Spring, after all, ushers in new beginnings with nature bursting into color and life after the cold, harsh inert winter.
    Paul Laudicina, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • 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, 13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Instead of coddling grass with irrigation and fertilizer to prevent it from going dormant, embrace this natural response.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Apr. 2025
  • This allows the rooted cutting a full growing season to develop before becoming dormant in the winter.
    Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • To paraphrase, the real tragedies in life are the ones that blindside you on an idle Tuesday.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Traders borrow to short tokens or increase leverage, long-term holders unlock liquidity without selling, businesses take loans to fund operations, and lenders earn passive yield on idle assets.
    Nina Bambysheva, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Any unused bonus will expire after seven days. 21+ and present in participating states.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Cards will be loaded with $22 per day, and any unused amount will be forfeited at the end of the day with no rollover.
    Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • In her next fight, Shevchenko faced ex-women’s strawweight champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk for the vacant flyweight title.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • And several blocks of tunnel below Chinatown, dug half a century ago for the Second Avenue subway, remain a vacant, unseen taunt.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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 28 Apr. 2025.

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