mildness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mildness
Noun
  • This attempt to intimidate nonresidents into silence is the latest step in a long process of vilifying the pro-Palestinian student movement.
    Bastiaan Vanacker, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
  • In the meantime, Walters warns that, without national anti-SLAPP protections in place, Wednesday’s verdict will likely embolden powerful companies—and potentially silence activists and groups that are unable to afford a costly legal battle.
    Simmone Shah, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Their violence — in medieval bestiaries, unicorns are regularly said to have beef with elephants and take them down by goring their bellies — is contrasted with their gentleness towards maidens and innate understanding of purity.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Its gentleness of flavors speaks to the hotel’s commitment to culinary simplicity and elegance.
    Jillian Dara, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Gobi and Masterpiece jackets is a balance of warmth and mobility, while the Cloud jacket and Anya puffer provide lightweight options for active lifestyles.
    Cassell Ferere, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The warmth between the three leads is believable and although the tendency to have Lane, Bomer and Graham break into choreographed song and dance routines for episodic climaxes quickly feels lazy, a cold open homage to Chicago produced my biggest laugh of the 10-episode season.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In the interest of comity, then, and in the hopes for an impressively long list of signatories, the hosts would have fudged the question.
    Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The same day, Zhu Jingyang, the Chinese Ambassador to Colombia, released a flurry of posts celebrating a new age of comity between the two countries.
    Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Carson instills in her hints of humanity and tenderness underneath a hardened exterior.
    Courtney Howard, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Equally distinctive is Grade’s tenderness toward religious tradition, which has few parallels in twentieth-century Jewish literature.
    Adam Kirsch, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Most disconcerting is the meekness of Washington’s supposedly stalwart European allies.
    Raphael Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2014
  • But to see Bass as a kumbaya leader — or to mistake her softness for meekness — is to fundamentally misunderstand her.
    Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2024
Noun
  • Very well made with notable harmony, enjoy this with roast chicken, duck, and seafood such as tuna or salmon (just like Pinot Noir) over the next 3-5 years.
    Tom Hyland, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The full moon phase is a symbol of culmination and completion, and in this particular case, around themes of fairness, compromise and emotional harmony.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Who wants a Pub Sub? Residents of northern Kentucky can finally enjoy the goodness that is Publix, thanks to the beloved Southern grocer opening their first store in Walton.
    Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 26 Mar. 2025
  • But my goodness the Cubs are epic and this stadium is a work of art.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Mildness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mildness. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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