mild
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Coastal Southern California enjoys its relatively mild summer climate thanks to several factors, including a cool ocean’s air-conditioning effect, protective mountains, proximity to deserts, and a weather pattern that usually avoids drawing in tropical moisture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The quip got a mild chuckle out of Mastro, though not much more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Scotland midfielder Scott McTominay is to have a minor heart procedure after the discovery of "a mild benign arrhythmia", Napoli have announced.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
AD109 also showed an acceptable safety profile, with side effects that researchers described as mild and expected.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
The sun was mild and the waves low, the wind fresh but still warm, and things would have gone perfectly if Pinch hadn’t teased Andeg.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
Elsewhere, it will be slightly milder with temperatures between 8 and 12C.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
What Mr. El-Sayed actually said, on the day of his primary victory, was milder: “You are not going to have safe quarter from people holding you accountable for what you’ve done.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
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
"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
It feels milder outside, the air pleasantly damp, and instead of taking the train he walks the thirty blocks, up Park Avenue and over to Madison.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
The school with the cleanest record got the mildest outcome.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
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
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
Then she shrugged, the mildest, most indifferent gesture he had ever seen, and smiled.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
