mild
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“They look tough and unisex to me, with mild expressions, beautiful clothes, tights, ruffles and sleeves, plus a firearm. It’s a great symbol for being a warrior, especially as a small business owner.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
They also showed mild brain overgrowth, excessive signaling through the mTOR pathway, poorly organized communication across functional brain networks, and behaviors associated with autism.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
The sheer reach of the Cyclospora parasite indicates other contributors at play, and despite expert recommendations to the contrary, it’s already fomenting a mild panic over produce.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
"You may experience mild and common symptoms such as eye, nose and throat irritation, headaches or a mild cough," Environment Canada warned.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Bailey asks, in a state of mild disbelief.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
The researchers emphasized that their work focuses only on serious muscle disorders that result in hospital admission or death, not the milder muscle aches and pains that some people experience.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 30, 2026
So far, this one has been milder — bitcoin was down a little more than 50% from its peak, compared with drawdowns of as much as 80% during previous declines, according to Ferraioli.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
The National Park Service said it is using pumps to treat the water with what it called nanobubble ozone technology to kill the algae, along with hydrogen peroxide, which it said is milder than chlorine.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
The July contract “ran into a bearish weekend trifecta of milder weather forecasts, weak LNG and rising supply,” Eli Rubin of EBW Analytics says in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
In milder cases, he sometimes counseled that a soldier be discharged from his normal duties and given desk work instead.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
“This is the mildest measure imaginable,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
Temperatures in Saudi Arabia are at their mildest between October and April.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2024
At its mildest, an aircraft may only experience slight erratic changes in altitude, but at the severe end, turbulence can cause large abrupt changes in altitude and angle of the plane.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024
Leasure called himself “the nicest, quietest, mildest guy you’ll ever want to meet.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024
It was like a violent storm that ended quickly, leaving the mildest sunshine in its wake.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
