modest
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While she might simply have been modest, she has another opportunity to test her credentials against seventh seed Elina Svitolina in an all-Ukrainian quarter-final.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
Cal Fire still holds a modest annual budget for wildfire mitigation work.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
Economists were expecting modest growth of 0.1% for March.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
For a stock that recently touched a 52-week low, even modest evidence of stabilization can be enough to spark a rebound.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
It provided home mortgages for hundreds of black families, people of dependable but modest means who could not have otherwise bought their own homes.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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