mildly
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Finally, VIX futures are trading at small premiums to VIX; this is mildly bullish.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
The diet culture of the ’90s was never totally vanquished, and Ozempic has complicated narratives about body size, health, and self-love, to put it mildly.
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026
However, in the much-discussed third season reunion, and many of the episodes leading up to it, it became clear that their relationship, whatever its status, is troubled, to put it mildly.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026
And as the tribunes who stir up the populace’s antipathy toward Coriolanus, William DeMeritt and Zuzanna Szadkowski are bland, seemingly unwilling to decide whether their characters are nefarious or just mildly meddlesome.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
Inside the medicine cabinet, three Extra Strength Tylenol, a box of Imodium, some Midol, and an old bottle of penicillin, which I’m mildly allergic to.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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