milquetoast

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The 85-year-old label, tagged by the Observer as once being “synonymous with a particularly milquetoast suburban sensibility,” today posts fast-growing sales among famously fickle Gen Z shoppers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

The film around her is itself built on a fault line of contradictions — it’s at once tepid and sledgehammer-insistent, a slab of decadent milquetoast.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024

Maybe if Congress were run by a serious comic rather than a milquetoast politician, we might do better.

From Salon • Oct. 5, 2023

The tough questions I sent to each of the top manufacturers generated milquetoast answers and some had nothing to do with my questions.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 4, 2023

O’Reilly’s replacement was Tucker Carlson, who, at the time, was probably best known as the boyish, milquetoast former co-host of Crossfire.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2023