modest
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Given your financial profile, and the fact that you are a single man with no children, I’m going to take a wild guess and suggest that you live a modest lifestyle.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 8, 2026
“My mom married and I had a stepdad, still didn’t have much money, but modest money. And that’s when I got into the shoes a little bit.”
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 7, 2026
Dambrauskas using his modest winnings to move to London and forge a career in football.
From BBC β Sep. 7, 2026
The far more modest turnout this Monday evening is "not a sign that people are rising up, ready to act, and aware that it is already the eleventh hour," protester Marie-Therese Hattendorf told AFP.
From Barron's β Sep. 7, 2026
Thus the artist’s hands, however modest the task they may have to perform, play an essential part in the creative process.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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