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as in balminess
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as in silence
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as in gentleness
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mildness
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This growing divide between women’s needs and workplace support reflects a deeper issue: the cultural silence surrounding menopause is starting to crack—but only slowly.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
22 July 2025 -
An overwhelming number of users thanked her for breaking the silence around postpartum struggles.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 July 2025
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From Deadwood to Gone Girl, Sons of Anarchy to Briarpatch, Treme to Friday Night Lights, Dickens has long been a character actor who can, as Billie Eilish would say, hit hard and soft, exuding both soothing gentleness and no-nonsense authority.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
29 May 2025
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Breaking The Barrier Of Your Comfort Zone While the soft life promotes ease and gentleness, another important reminder is that true growth often happens outside your comfort zone.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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For over three decades, Kym Whitley has moved through Hollywood with an unmistakable mix of warmth, wit, and work ethic.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
26 July 2025
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The bubblegum blush on her cheekbones matched that of her gloss on stage, adding warmth to the otherwise moody aesthetic, which was comprised of charcoal shimmer dragged across her lids and under eyes, black liquid eyeliner and lash extensions.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
24 July 2025
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The comity on school spending, however, shuns a debate that California’s politicians should be having — what to do about the system’s chronically subpar academic achievement.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
20 June 2025
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No private person’s natural rights could trump those of the community: preserving peace, order, and comity.—
Fara Dabhoiwala,
Harpers Magazine,
4 June 2025
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This step deeply seasons the meat while ensuring tenderness.—
Aly Walansky,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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The Brisk It brisket came in second, with lots of compliments on its tenderness and taste.—
Chris Morris,
Fortune,
3 July 2025
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Most Canadians want uncomplicated lives, a desire for calm that can be misinterpreted by louder people as meekness.—
Chris Jones,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2025
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Standing next to a record player in a sports jacket and turtleneck, Kaufman, with a kind of bulging meekness, a glisteningly gleeful timidity, puts the needle on the record.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2025
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For most of that time the two groups have cohabitated in relative harmony.—
Bob Skolnik,
Chicago Tribune,
29 July 2025
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Biomechanical assessments revealed that the lefty’s arm slot, having moved higher over the previous few seasons, was no longer working in harmony with the rest of his body.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
28 July 2025
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As if that weren’t indulgent enough, it’s finished with crispy golden fries tucked right into the bun, soaking up every drop of cheesy goodness.—
Aly Walansky,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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The paltry fat content in Happy Viking doesn’t exactly fill you up with rib-sticking goodness, but the fiber content and the commendable amount of protein mostly makes up for it for the first few hours.—
Pete Cottell,
Wired News,
17 July 2025
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“Mildness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mildness. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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