soft
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The 104-week study found that NNS beverages, including diet soft drinks, performed similarly to water when it came to long-term weight management.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
And if you sniff the lobby of downtown Los Angeles’ Ritz-Carlton, you may detect “bright effervescent notes ... layered with soft florals,” a custom fragrance known as Champagne & Shimmer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
The analysts forecast seasonally soft revenue growth for both advertisement and commerce segments due to the Chuseok holiday in September.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
But George Brown, senior economist at Schroders, said while job gains have been a “rollercoaster“ this year, a single soft report is unlikely to point to a lasting collapse.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
The bearish boy jammed his stick into the ground, spearing the soft earth.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Late last year, CNN’s Jordan Valinsky noted that Cava, Chipotle and Sweetgreen — “the big three slop slingers” — were all reporting softer business among younger customers, particularly those between 25 and 35.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
Even an official inflation report on Wednesday that came in slightly softer than expected wasn’t enough to calm the tumult in the bond market.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Other campaigns helped introduce the replacement of hard surfaces in children's playgrounds with softer material and a change in the law to enforce the wearing of children's seat belts in the rear of cars.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Over time, erosion removed some of the softer surrounding material, leaving the harder carbonate-filled fractures standing out as ridges.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
In that space his voice was softer, like an echo of a man he used to be.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
Any type of payment card with a magnetic stripe is potentially at risk, authorities say, but EBT cards are the softest targets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Rent cooled modestly, rising 3.5% in May versus a year earlier, the softest rise since January 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Whatever these men think they’re proving, what they are actually demonstrating is they are the softest, saddest boys alive, incapable of understanding what real courage looks like.
From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2026
For qualifying, a driver usually wants the softest compound available.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025
His dæmon uttered the softest possible growl at the back of her throat, and settled down with her paws outstretched in the manner of the Sphinx.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
