gentleness
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Many European skin-care brands have long been known for giving priority to both effectiveness and gentleness on the skin, according to dermatologist Marisa Garshick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
"Your wild imagination, your brave untethered womanhood, your ferocious gentleness is a guiding light to me."
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
Spryly hilarious, Kelly lends the henpecked husband’s subversive streak a bumbling gentleness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024
That gentleness is surprising in a tool as powerful as an elephant’s trunk.
From NewsForKids.net ● Jun. 20, 2024
Kit marveled at the ease and gentleness with which Mercy controlled her charges, her warm sweet voice never raised, her lovely composure never ruffled.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ness
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The Suffix -ness, Part 2
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