softness
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Diageo reported that its U.S. sales fell 3.7% on year over the July-September period due to continued market softness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
But he does need to maintain that softness for El-Sayed.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026
In its third-quarter earnings report in August, the company withdrew its full-year outlook due to “macroeconomic softness and the uncertainty around the company’s ability to continue to drive consumer behavior.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Whatever the case, the softness in hiring is glaringly evident in the slowdown in wage growth.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
She could no longer feel the softness of the bed beneath her.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
His touch was special, even in introductions and final flourishes; he built waves within his playing, revealing softnesses in his sound even while working intensely.
From New York Times ● May 19, 2013
The authors have not entirely evaded its treacherous softnesses.
From Time Magazine Archive
‘How very poetical!’ she said, with a little choking laugh, unknown relentings, unfamiliar softnesses, moving within her.
From Prince Otto, a Romance by Robert Louis Stevenson
She had been married late in the preceding season and had gone away with Mr Palliser, spending her honeymoon amidst the softnesses of some Italian lake.
From Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope
The ideas, the softnesses, the laws of the valleys were far away from them; they were face to face with realities.
From The Strength of the Pines by Edison Marshall
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