harmless

Example Sentences

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This does not mean pretending $100-plus oil is harmless.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

To fans, publicity stunts like the opening of The Situation Room bar might seem harmless.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Techniques such as “receiver operating characteristic curve analysis” examine how changing the threshold for an alert alters the balance between correctly identifying real events and mistakenly flagging harmless ones.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

Young, urban professionals—known for their college degrees, willingness to work late and such harmless eccentricities as paying large markups for “local” produce—do not ordinarily instill terror.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

But these are not harmless collection drones, or rescue ones in search of a missing child.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera