as in lifeless
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The selection opens with Taiwanese work Welcome to the Dollhouse about YouTuber Princess Maria who sets out to uncover the secrets of Madame Dolly, a sorceress who can turn lifeless dolls into human beings.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
28 Apr. 2026 -
Several days later, the commercial watermen reportedly found Oliver’s lifeless body off the coast of Delaware.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Other than his walk, Hernandez has been particularly unproductive at Coors Field.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
19 Apr. 2026
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Companies won’t need whole teams to coordinate in clunky, unproductive meetings; one AI with a few humans will get the job done cheaper and faster.—
Solo Ceesay,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2026
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The company has about 150 solar projects in its North American portfolio with the bulk of those developments on fallow land, hayfields and former farmland.—
Ayurella Horn-Muller,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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Others turn to commercial renewable energy leases as both an alternative income stream and a way to put fallow land to work.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Identifying Africa’s dormant capital is a great first step, but there’s a long way to go.—
Alexis Akwagyiram,
semafor.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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The rhizomatic roots spread horizontally under the soil surface to keep this perennial spreading even if the plant becomes dormant during hot weather.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
26 Apr. 2026
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Local Democratic politicians were strangely quiescent, despite a pre–Catahoula Crunch poll showing that nearly 80 percent of New Orleans residents opposed the deployment.—
Daniel Brook,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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But the astronomers suspect this kind of bursty young galaxy in the early universe may someday evolve into what's known as a massive quiescent galaxy in the modern-day cosmos.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
21 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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While hydrogen serves as the energy source, oxygen enables the reaction, and argon, which is a chemically inert noble gas, acts as a stable carrier.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Apr. 2026
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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,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Instead of leaving those acres idle, the district is pitching solar as a replacement crop.—
Jeff St. John,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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In my experience, if there are no vacuum leaks and the idle speed control motor is functioning properly, many drivability issues on these cars come down to poor electrical grounds.—
Hartford Courant,
Hartford Courant,
25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Pruning also thins nonproductive stems, allowing light to reach the interior of the tree and ripen the fruit.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Dec. 2025
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The key is refusing to engage in circular or baiting conversations, instead setting boundaries and exiting nonproductive conversations.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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