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gentle

[jen-tl] / ˈdʒɛn tl /




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Sound therapy uses gentle background noise to draw attention away from the ringing or buzzing sensation.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

He’s a little too gentle to be on planet Earth.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

But CEO Lip-Bu Tan provided a gentle reminder of the strength of demand for CPUs in his keynote speech at the Computex conference in Taiwan Tuesday.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Only a few years ago, he was a mystery, this international big man from Paris with an ectomorphic frame, graceful moves and a gentle, looping teardrop of a jump shot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Grandma had died when I was a toddler, but from the little I remembered she’d been gentle and sweet with us.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo




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