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Six example sentences with quiescent, each labelled with its topic.
The volcano stayed quiescent for ninety years, then vented steam for a week before anyone evacuated the valley.
Science
The virus remains quiescent in nerve cells for decades and can reappear when the immune system weakens.
Medicine
The server sits quiescent overnight, drawing almost no power until the first batch job wakes it at four.
Technology
The bond market stayed quiescent all summer, with yields barely moving until the central bank spoke in September.
Finance
Desert seeds lie quiescent in the sand for years, then sprout within days of a single heavy rain.
Environment
The mod stays quiescent until a player enters the cave, and only then does it load its scripts.
Gaming
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