placid

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Composer Bernard Herrmann’s score, his last, is alternately mellow and roiling, befitting its placid but simmering antihero.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

"The first one by Cití Ní Ghallchóir is so sweet but still so sad and placid... she just seemed really exhausted," she said, noting that the other two felt "disgusting, painful and exaggerated."

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

The Cboe Group’s VIX index was last marked 18% lower from last Friday’s close, but is still trading north of the 20 point mark that generally separates placid markets from turbulent ones.

From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025

This placid trading ultimately sent the three-month realized volatility for the S&P 500 to its lowest level since January 2020 last week, according to FactSet data and MarketWatch calculations.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 14, 2025

Except the frail, dim figure of Mercer; the old man faced him, a placid expression on his face.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick