mild
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There’s a mild fog of envy in the air as the early arrivals at the restaurant await Nick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
I knew I wanted unsalted butter and mild white miso.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
Before entering the main reaction, the plastics are briefly heated in air at relatively mild temperatures.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
Despite what people say in jury selection about their ability to remain fair, Weiner said, “Nobody in the town lives in a vacuum. She was unsympathetic, which is probably a mild word for it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Her rash was very mild and the spots were already beginning to fade.
From "Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper
Traders are seeing the first half of August as “the last real demand time frame” with focus shifting to the milder fall temperatures, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
"Not only did mice with an arginine-rich diet have milder symptoms from viral infections, giving the mice arginine after influenza infection improved their outcomes too," Wu notes.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
Scientists have said that climate change is likely to bring wetter and milder winters.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
So far, this one has been milder — bitcoin was down a little more than 50% from its peak, compared with drawdowns of as much as 80% during previous declines, according to Ferraioli.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Even the weathers had grown milder, and the wolves that had once come ravening out of the North in bitter white winters were now only a grandfather’s tale.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Their first, and mildest, sees the waterway reopening within three weeks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
Eagerly they dig into platters of durian, carefully arranged from the mildest to the richest.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026
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
Leasure called himself “the nicest, quietest, mildest guy you’ll ever want to meet.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024
Marburg was the mildest of the - ^L-three filovirus sisters The worst of them was Ebola Zaire.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
