benign
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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
The outlook for the coming months is a lot less benign, however.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
Maybe I’m reading too much into it, but as history’s proven, taking the time to look a bit deeper at totally benign, silly things can be a blast.
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026
As certainly as he had known that the doe was benign, he knew that Ron had to be the one to wield the sword.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
Vocabulary lists containing benign
The Giver
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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Take the Bad with the Good: Bene and Mal
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