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benign

[bih-nahyn] / bɪˈnaɪn /






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Many of these alterations are benign; some are not.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Credit conditions appear generally benign across this week’s earnings reports.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

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 on a day like today, we can pretend nature is benign., ^ All monsters and beasts have their benign moments.”

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston




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