Example Sentences

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Alternate rent indicators do show that rents are softening.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

“To the extent that things are softening, they’re softening from a very strong place,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

In fact, Matejka reckons inflationary pressures are softening and with slowing wage growth, this should keep the Fed on an easing bias be supportive for lower bond yields .

From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026

Given the demands of green technology and the imperative to lower carbon emissions, many environmental groups are softening their stance on critical-mineral mining, Barbanell says.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 1, 2023

Even the bricks of the house are softening, becoming tactile; if I leaned against them they’d be warm and yielding.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood