| More gentle |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Jul 2025 |
| Less rough |
Universal |
08 Mar 2025 |
| More mild (6) |
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| Not so loud |
New York Times |
22 Aug 2024 |
| Diminuendo, in music |
Newsday |
28 Jul 2024 |
| Not as loud |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Feb 2024 |
| Not as loud |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Jan 2024 |
| Less rough |
USA Today |
07 May 2023 |
| Some weeks of term are quieter |
The Guardian Cryptic |
13 Feb 2023 |
| More gentle |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Jul 2022 |
| More pliable or malleable |
Irish Times Simplex |
05 Feb 2022 |
| Less rough |
Universal |
15 Dec 2020 |
| Like Brie vis-à-vis Gruyère cheese |
New York Times |
04 Dec 2019 |
| Like Brie vis-à-vis Gruyère cheese |
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| More fluffy |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Sep 2019 |
| Not as loud |
Universal |
15 Jun 2019 |
| Diminuendo, in music |
Newsday |
12 Apr 2019 |
| Not as loud |
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| More pliable or malleable |
Irish Times Simplex |
13 Nov 2018 |
| Talc, vis-a-vis diamond |
USA Today |
17 Apr 2018 |
| Talc, vis-a-vis diamond |
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| A swampier type of mixed forest |
Irish Times Crosaire |
09 Feb 2017 |
| More cushiony |
Universal |
22 Oct 2016 |
| Claim in a tissue ad |
LA Times Daily |
08 Sep 2016 |
| Diminuendo, on a score |
Newsday |
06 May 2016 |
| Claim in a tissue ad |
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| Not as harsh |
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| Diminuendo, to a musician |
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| More malleable |
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| Easier to chew |
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| Hole "___, Softest" |
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| More lenient |
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| Not so rough |
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| Less garish |
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| Not as loud |
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| Not as hard |
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| More out of condition |
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| More malleable |
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| Easier on the skin |
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| More malleable |
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| Easier to chew |
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| More gentle |
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| More yielding |
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| More cushiony |
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| More flexible |
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| Corundum, vis-a-vis diamonds |
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| Not so rough |
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| More downy |
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| Less harsh |
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| Less harsh |
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| Less hard |
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| Easier, as a job |
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| Not so adamant |
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| Not so hard |
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| More downy |
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| More subdued |
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| Easier |
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| More easily cut |
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| More pliant |
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| Less severe |
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| More temperate. |
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| Not so harsh. |
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| More lenient. |
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| Gentler |
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