gentle
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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
Galitzine’s He-Man is more Clark Kent than Superman, a gentle, funny, under-estimated dweeb.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 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
It jolted Mr. Pratt, now 42, out of a life steeped in gentle eccentricity, including an obsession with healing crystals.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
He stamped on his cigar stub in the ashtray beside the radio and with it, it seemed, the anger too, for his voice grew gentle again.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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