low-risk

adjective

1
: not likely to result in failure, harm, or injury : not having a lot of risk
low-risk investments
2
: less likely than others to get a particular disease, condition, or injury
low-risk patients

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Smaller pours may also encourage low-risk experimentation, with multiple mini cocktails or tasting flights mirroring similar trends toward customization, such as a growing dipping sauce trend previously reported by Fox News Digital. Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026 At the same time, independent filmmaking took off as low-budget, low-risk films, including Reservoir Dogs and Slacker, proved to have huge revenue upside. Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026 Creating multiple audience touchpoints also enables the team to suss out potential partners with a low-risk approach. Marcus Lim, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026 Since shedding the high safety salaries of Quandre Diggs and Jamal Adams following the 2023 season, Seattle has taken low-risk swings on veteran safeties such as K’Von Wallace (2024) and Bell (2025). Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for low-risk

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“Low-risk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low-risk. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.

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