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benign

[bih-nahyn] / bɪˈnaɪn /






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Relatively benign U.K. inflation data also caused yields on U.K. government bonds, known as gilts, to fall.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Her efforts led the antivirus software Kaspersky to begin flagging the tools known as stalkerware as a privacy threat to its customers instead of labeling it as benign.

From Salon Aug. 17, 2026

Taken together, that leaves a fairly benign domestic backdrop.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

The researchers also embedded the nanoreactors in an environmentally benign sodium alginate hydrogel matrix.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

Somehow, too, it knew that Matty’s travels were benign and necessary.

From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry




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