soft
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Elastic cartilage is soft and flexible and helps form structures such as the outer ear.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
And if you sniff the lobby of downtown Los Angeles’ Ritz-Carlton, you may detect “bright effervescent notes ... layered with soft florals,” a custom fragrance known as Champagne & Shimmer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
“A soft but not too soft number would be the sweet spot for the markets,” Jefferies’ Mohit Kumar said in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Take back full funding for the BBC World Service, describing it as "the UK's number one soft power asset"
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
I continue to play Grace, but I do it dolce; soft and sweet.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
U.S. stocks are set for a slightly softer open after Friday’s Jobs Day jump.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Late last year, CNN’s Jordan Valinsky noted that Cava, Chipotle and Sweetgreen — “the big three slop slingers” — were all reporting softer business among younger customers, particularly those between 25 and 35.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
The Fed will be watching the core rate of inflation closely to see if it’s also on the softer side.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Other campaigns helped introduce the replacement of hard surfaces in children's playgrounds with softer material and a change in the law to enforce the wearing of children's seat belts in the rear of cars.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
They were almost in despair before at last they came to a little muddiness and a tiny trickle of water through softer and better grass.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
Japan survey data was less upbeat, with September’s composite indicator of manufacturing performance turning in the softest pace of growth in six months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
New export business was down in May, though to the softest degree since July 2024 and by less that was generally seen last year and early in 2026, S&P Global said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 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
There are six compounds in all for the season, from the hardest, the C1, to the softest, the C6.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025
Poor darling Briony, the softest little thing, doing her all to entertain her hard-bitten wiry cousins with the play she had written from her heart.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
