moderately
Example Sentences
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The company said that for lumber, sales volumes were moderately higher and log costs were slightly higher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Investing around 40% in stocks in your 70s is moderately risky, but many people are more aggressive than that.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
A more realistic grading might see us talk about moderately processed, heavily processed, very heavily processed, and then ultraprocessed, or something similar.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026
One worker said: "There is immense pressure on staff - we are mildly to moderately short-staffed all the time."
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
In real life I am moderately brave, but plenty of brave people shed their courage in POW camps, and maybe something similar goes on in the infinitely more congenial milieu of the low-wage American workplace.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
