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benign

[bih-nahyn] / bɪˈnaɪn /






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Where there was once an insistence on an impersonal space, there is now an acknowledgment that the therapist does not have to cloak their identity in a benign anonymity.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

This request apparently came from the White House counsel, and one has to wonder why it was thinking about the constitutionality of this sort of utterly benign, seemingly noncontroversial statute.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2026

But any tightening is likely to be modest, and with inflation mostly benign across most of APAC, central banks can largely wait, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

The outlook for the coming months is a lot less benign, however.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

The first day of class he had looked up from the podium when he came to Gogol’s name on the roster, an expression of benign amazement on his face.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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