softs

British

/ sɒfts /

plural noun

another name for soft commodities

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With the rally in precious metals and other hard commodities pausing, softs may be ready to take the baton and lead the next leg higher.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

After a 24-minute hiatus, during which several drivers including Norris, on softs, changed tyres, the race resumed with a rolling start for lap nine.

From Barron's • Nov. 8, 2025

Leclerc's softs were failing by lap 15 and Norris attacked, but the Monegasque defended and a frustrated Norris collected three warnings for exceeding track limits before he passed him on lap 21.

From Barron's • Oct. 19, 2025

If so, it makes for a tricky decision, as teams have only three sets of mediums for the whole weekend, as opposed to eight sets of softs.

From BBC • May 23, 2025

Neither faction was able to get a majority of the members, and the deadlock was finally broken by the "softs" coming to the support of the Whigs, and helping them to elect Benton's rival.

From Thomas Hart Benton by Roosevelt, Theodore

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