benign

Example Sentences

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At the benign end of the spectrum, you might see your government spend a bit more money on event infrastructure than it all turned out to be worth to the locals.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026

“Upside to 8500 in our bull case would require a stronger translation of AI investment into productivity and margins, alongside a more benign macro path,” Krishna and his team wrote.

From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026

Sugar came to Earth as part of a group of “thousands,” mixing among humans incognito just to observe them, for benign alien reasons, like Starship Enterprise on its five-year mission.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

Many complained the model was blocking them from discussing ostensibly benign topics like mathematics, biology and chemistry—or even analyzing Fable’s own publicly released system information.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

It's floating, but not in a benign way.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin