benign
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Where there was once an insistence on an impersonal space, there is now an acknowledgment that the therapist does not have to cloak their identity in a benign anonymity.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Their movement then sends false signals to the brain that the head is spinning, causing the sudden dizziness and spinning sensation, sometimes accompanied by nausea, known as benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, or BPPV.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
In its benign use, Christendom is an archaic label for the Christians of the world.
From Slate • Apr. 9, 2026
"The initial shock has so far still been smaller," she said, while adding the backdrop now was more "benign".
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
Nature seemed to me benign and good; I thought she loved me, outcast as I was; and I, who from man could anticipate only mistrust, rejection, insult, clung to her with filial fondness.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing benign
The Giver
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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Take the Bad with the Good: Bene and Mal
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