modicum
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But Warner Bros. doesn’t care whether a sequel has any modicum of staying power.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
Only “WNBA,” with its narcotic synths and modicum of hooks, invites repeated plays.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
All that matters, she said, "is who stays longer and who provides some modicum of security and justice when they're in place."
From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025
In any case, it’s very much a work of television — not what I’d call prestige television, despite a modicum of well-done fright effects — just ordinary, workman-like TV, with monsters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025
Rather than moving vertically downward, one may move horizontally outward toward a point of sufficient detachment where a modicum of creature comforts are not necessarily precluded.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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