mild
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There’s mild revenue sharing, but little regard for the overall health of the game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Personal spending increased a mild 0.2% last month, the government said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Meanwhile, normally mild and wet countries such as Belgium and Scotland, also found themselves battling flames, with the former experiencing its largest wildfire in a century.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Several growers have found these trees producing very few apples this year, not because of the drought, but the mild winter.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
The rustling of feathers and some mild squawking was the only answer he received.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Over in San Francisco, which faced down a severe heat wave in March, Google Weather users were left flummoxed by the charts of low-70s temps, way milder than the 90-degree record felt by downtown residents.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
The mountain also saw a "big upsurge" in heather beetles this year - possibly linked to milder winters.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The buttery, milder fish compliments the tang of the tomatoes and the bright balsamic dressing that finishes the salad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The researchers emphasized that their work focuses only on serious muscle disorders that result in hospital admission or death, not the milder muscle aches and pains that some people experience.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 30, 2026
She was kind of a faded lady, and he had a milder look than his bruiser boys.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
Stage 1 is the mildest of CTE's four stages, in which headaches and loss of attention or concentration are common symptoms.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
“This is the mildest measure imaginable,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
Temperatures tend to be mildest in the fall and spring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2024
At its mildest, an aircraft may only experience slight erratic changes in altitude, but at the severe end, turbulence can cause large abrupt changes in altitude and angle of the plane.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024
The winter was the mildest they had ever known, the “days very sunny...nights not too cold.”
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
