softening
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Overall employment trends point to “a broadly softening labor market, rather than one characterized by AI-driven job losses.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
Finally, consumer spending rose in the spring and summer, instead of softening as expected.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
While we were swooning over “WandaVision” back in 2021, we couldn’t have known Marvel was softening us up for the AI revolution.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
“Our measures for underlying economic growth have not turned decisively bearish yet, but that’s market pricing collectively suggesting that maybe at least at the margin growth is softening somewhat,” Rizzuto said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2026
All in all, he seems a beast utterly untouched by the softening influences of modern civilization.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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