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benign

adjective as in mild, especially describing weather

adjective as in advantageous

adjective as in not cancerous

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Among the findings, the study showed that overall, 97% of the evaluated lesions were later determined by biopsy to be benign.

The TV presenter posted a video on Instagram to say she had been diagnosed with a rare type of benign tumour called a colloid cyst.

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Even a seemingly benign downgrade — from “honorable” to “general discharge under honorable conditions” — makes a difference.

By bonding, the medicine transforms the reactive metals into benign molecules that have little interest in interacting with different compounds in the body.

A second Trump term wouldn’t be a benign rerun of the first version.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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