- present participle of soften.
softening
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While we were swooning over “WandaVision” back in 2021, we couldn’t have known Marvel was softening us up for the AI revolution.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
Iowa’s Grinnell College, with some 1,700 undergraduates, has also seen softening demand in the major since enrollment peaked in 2022.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
Grinnell College, with an undergraduates population of 1,700, has also seen softening demand in the major since enrollment peaked in 2022.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
But the concentration around large AI bets leaves the market vulnerable to a softening in AI enthusiasm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
It was something about her lately, a mellowing, a softening from which this note had come.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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