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The phrase "a softening effect" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the impact of something that reduces harshness or intensity, often in contexts related to emotions, materials, or processes.
Example: "The new policy has a softening effect on the previously strict regulations, making them more manageable for businesses."
Alternatives: "a calming influence" or "a mitigating impact".
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Gold is often brushed for a softening effect.
Upholstered chairs and banquettes have a softening effect.
"Hillary uses charm strategically, for a softening effect".
"We noted a softening effect on their faces," one of the Quakers later said.
A softening effect is revealed in the pre-strained samples.
That Dame Eileen speaks in an Irish rather than a Bronx accent also has a softening effect.
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This results in a strong softening effect on elastic macroscopic properties.
It was also observed that the fraction of twins was significantly increased with increasing the number of the cycles in the process, resulting in a pronounced softening effect.
A surface softening effect induced during copper-mould suction casting of bulk metallic glass is investigated as a function of rod diameter and glass fragility index, m, by nanoindentation.
I know it has an improving, softening effect on me and several other normally pumped up people I've holidayed with.
It is found that amorphous Pd40Ni40P20, when pre-annealed into its metastable equilibrium state, shows a large strain softening effect when deformed at temperatures close to the glass transition temperature.
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