benign
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Until Friday, though, weather across Southern California will likely be benign, though extremely high tides could bring a different kind of water hazard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
Such nodules "could be a whole range of benign lesions -- inflammatory, infectious, autoimmune, or congenital -- or they could be malignant," Venuta said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
"These changes are frequent, usually benign, and are not a reason to stop an effective treatment on one's own initiative," he said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
There are two types of envy: malicious and benign.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Lowell’s Martians were benign and hopeful, even a little godlike, very different from the malevolent menace posed by Wells and Welles in The War of the Worlds.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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The Giver
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Take the Bad with the Good: Bene and Mal
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