soften

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“The urgency is clear: fixed‑asset investment contracted in 2025 for the first time in more than three decades, while household spending softened as effect of earlier subsidies faded.”

From Barron's

It would put more financial strain on those households and lead to some softening in consumer spending.

From MarketWatch

The simple, stovetop kind: winter onions, softening in butter; carrots — either sweet from cold storage or newly pulled and still a little tender — sliced into coins.

From Salon

“Harnessing the power of human emotions allows creative companies to soften or even entirely mitigate the impact of technological disruption,” Colas wrote.

From Barron's

“Harnessing the power of human emotions allows creative companies to soften or even entirely mitigate the impact of technological disruption,” Colas wrote.

From Barron's