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mollifier

  • a word derived from mollify.
    mollify
    verb (used with object)
    to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.

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By adapting this idea, the researchers created a "mollifier layer" within AI models.

From Science Daily ● May 6, 2026

The potential uses of mollifier layers extend far beyond genetics.

From Science Daily ● May 6, 2026

A further mollifier for Macau’s populace comes in the form of an annual cash handout of just over $1,100 for every citizen.

From Time ● Jul. 19, 2016

But this week, even the ever patient Wen must be wishing that someone else could take up his role as Beijing's mollifier in chief.

From Time Magazine Archive

Such a clearer! such a sweetener! such a softener; such a delicious mollifier!

From Moby Dick: or, the White Whale by Herman Melville