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Meanings of benign in English
Usage of benign in English
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However, less benign weather conditions might impact on the group in 2013.
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The way forward is benign energy forms: wind, waves, solar and biomass.
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The United States has so far taken a benign view of Abenomics.
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However, we are also increasingly at risk from more benign seeming sources.
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Ten cases had a benign behaviour, while two cases were locally aggressive.
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It required a deal of philosophical inventiveness to render this situation benign.
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In the pre-crisis period we took a benign future as a given.
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Objectives: Symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia affect men increasingly as they age.
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Conclusions: RMI is able to correctly discriminate malignant from benign pelvic mass.
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Spontaneous pneumomediastinum is a benign, self-limited condition that mainly affects young people.
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One reality is benign and banal; the other is invigorating and lethal.
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Hiccups are usually benign processes that most people experience with spontaneous resolution.
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But even in the benign Pacific, Professor Howes gave one striking example.
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What appears to be the report's most benign recommendation carries considerable risk.
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This is investing in economic development and more benign growth, he said.
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What happened in Iraq after May 2003 was, at first, relatively benign.
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United States of America
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Ireland
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United Kingdom
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