softness
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In a securities filing, Hertz blamed “unexpected softness in the used car market” for driving up depreciation costs.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Kay: The softness in Henry was a function of Kit playing the character and us writing to that vulnerability.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
It is a pas de deux of contrasts—roughness and polish, hardness and softness, danger and safety.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
“Gas Pipelines and Gas Distribution were stronger than expected, which offset some softness in Liquids Pipelines,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
As if there was no need for fear or loneliness when there was such softness in the world.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
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
But if it be given to a man "to maunder away his mind in softnesses," he cannot live otherwise than as nature has made him.
From An Old Man's Love by Trollope, Anthony
Mrs. Crawley accepted her kindness with thankfulness, and returned to some of the softnesses of life under her hand.
From Framley Parsonage by Trollope, Anthony
But a sprinkling of faces a shade less evil leavened the mass; for to the feast came trooping the women of the camp: of a kidney with the men—yet women, with women's beguilements and softnesses.
From The Pirate Woman by Dingle, Aylward Edward
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