soft
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It lacks Saudi Arabia’s oil reserves, Turkey’s relatively developed industrial base, and South Korea’s advanced technology and soft power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
These scaffolds act as protective barriers during healing, keeping soft tissue from interfering with the damaged area while giving new bone space to grow.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
He was seen as largely responsible for China's "soft landing" -- reducing inflation without causing a recession -- after it experienced runaway growth following Deng's renewed push to open up in the 1990s.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
It’s the kind of telly I seek — light and soft and heartwarming and optimistic.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
They were soft and fragile, and they did not accept abuse: They stayed in the world only as long as it was gentle with them.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Those openings will arrive as Cava tries to add more greenery, warmer lighting and softer seats to its locations, in an effort to bring in more consumers.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
I created a mood board and kept some elements like the leather, the face pieces and the hardware, but it changed into a slightly softer aesthetic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Average hourly wages for permanent employees rose 3% on a year earlier, slowing from a 3.7% advance in June and softer than the 3.4% rise economists expected.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Payrolls do have a tendency to be softer in July, but chief investment officer of Premier Miton Neil Birrell said the US jobs market was weaker "by some distance".
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
“It’s a simple question. Just tell Handsome that my fur is way softer than his.”
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
The result, which was slightly stronger than the data agency’s advance estimate for monthly growth of 1.1%, marks a fourth straight month of increased sales for manufacturers though the softest pace of the run.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Whatever these men think they’re proving, what they are actually demonstrating is they are the softest, saddest boys alive, incapable of understanding what real courage looks like.
From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2026
A private gauge of China’s service activity showed expansion at the softest pace in six months, weighed by slowing sales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
For qualifying, a driver usually wants the softest compound available.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025
Then: the softest plop of a little-boy turd on the newspaper.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
