Benign in sentence

295 examples of Benign in a sentence

For the past 50 years, the EU was largely able to count on a benign partnership with the US in a multilateral context; that assumption no longer holds, even if we do not yet know the extent of America's new unilateralism.

This is not always benign.

Such “revisionists” were a distinct minority, which is a good thing, as there is no reason to believe that the Soviets and Communism were a benign force.

This vacuum, proponents say, will ultimately be filled by something, and so should be filled as soon as possible by something benign, namely NATO.

Of course, the European Union is infinitely more benign than any of these earlier efforts to unite Europe.

But can this apparently benign pattern of global growth be sustained, particularly since growth has been accompanied by ever-widening global financial imbalances?

But worrying signs about China’s seemingly benign lending practices are emerging.

It is the benign upshot of responsible labor unions, which allow for appropriate firm-level wage flexibility.

While treating MDR-TB remains possible, doing so is arduous, with a treatment time of roughly two years, using drugs that are neither as efficient nor as benign as canonical drugs – and at a cost that rises by a factor of 10-100.

This is a benign rather than a brutal hegemony.

(Unfortunately, benign as current market conditions may seem, there will surely be a next time for some countries.)

So the global economic risks now seem to be weighted on the downside, after a benign period.

For example, the seemingly benign Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, viewed by many of its supporters as a legitimate form of non-violent resistance, has continued to gain ground.

For example, the German reforms of 2003-2006 increased flexibility significantly (though in a more benign global and eurozone setting).

The first term defined the tumultuous middle of the twentieth century, the latter its benign ending.

Creating space for benign expressions of Islam in the public sphere is essential to defeat global jihadism.

This comparatively benign situation reflects Colombia’s relatively favorable macroeconomic conditions.

First, politicians, or central bankers, should not be blamed for imported inflation, just as we should not give them credit for low inflation when the global environment is benign.

Neglect in the Middle East is rarely benign.

And, certainly for Monnet and the other founders of postwar Europe, it was an entirely benign, even noble, ideal.

Benign neglect is the right answer, but let no European banker say it loud.

Thus, supposedly benign accounting regulations actually encouraged banks to multiply their short-term lending, and to cut back on their long-term lending.

Superficially, the international economic consequences of Trump seem remarkably benign.

Zhou Bo, an honorary fellow with the PLA Academy of Military Science, admits that China's mega-projects “will fundamentally change the political and economic landscape of the Indian Ocean," while presenting China as a “strong yet benign" power.

During the 1990’s, the US and Europe erred in treating Russia with benign neglect.

But a more benign enticement must urgently be found.

(Until then, Assad was considered in the US media to be a relatively benign, albeit authoritarian, ruler, and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton noted as late as March 2011 that many in the US Congress regarded Assad as a reformer.)

This tranquil land of timeless faith, over which Buddha’s benign statues preside – a land of rivers, deep forests, and blood-red rubies – is now in play for international investors.

The Dr. Pangloss school dismissed them as benign – a mere reflection of emerging economies’ demand for dollar reserves, which only the US could provide, and American consumers’ insatiable appetite for cheap merchandise imports.

Many of China’s neighbors fear that its ongoing economic and military expansion poses a growing threat to their interests and independence, and are reaching out to the US to diversify their security partnerships and hedge their bets on China’s benign intentions.

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