modicum
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“There was a kind of pent-up demand for a modicum of good news,” said Phil Blancato, chief market strategist at Osaic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Bonds could provide jittery investors with a modicum of safety and income as well.
From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026
Given a modicum of hope, there’s always room to make matters worse.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
Yes, traders may be overweight the sector, and parts are richly valued in terms of price-to-earnings multiples, but such factors have caused only a modicum of exposure reduction by investors so far.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 2, 2026
Each day, Father Monaghan finds some modicum of peace in nature: the singing of morning birds, the distant crowing of roosters, the sun shining through mango trees.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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