benign

Example Sentences

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"The initial shock has so far still been smaller," she said, while adding the backdrop now was more "benign".

From Barron's

The outlook for the coming months is a lot less benign, however.

From Barron's

“The macroeconomic backdrop today is more benign,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal

But any tightening is likely to be modest, and with inflation mostly benign across most of APAC, central banks can largely wait, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Maybe I’m reading too much into it, but as history’s proven, taking the time to look a bit deeper at totally benign, silly things can be a blast.

From Salon