benign
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Benign long-term inflation expectations should help bonds, although the reduced volatility will leave the developed bond markets vulnerable to shocks.
From Barron's • Nov. 15, 2025
Merry’s memo, titled “Whose Russia Is It Anyway: Toward a Policy of Benign Respect,” was written as Russian President Boris Yeltsin’s experiment with democracy and free-market economics was in heightened turmoil.
From Slate • Dec. 23, 2024
Benign means a growth that is not cancer.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2024
Benign prostate enlargement is common in men over the age of 50, according to Britain’s National Health Service.
From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2024
Benign, courteous, and meek, With wordes well devised; In you, who list to seek, Be virtues well comprised.
From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
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The Giver
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