modest
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Ashok Prasad Kushwaha, an auto-rickshaw driver in Delhi who has visited the Ram temple three times in two years, said donations are acts of faith made even by people with modest incomes.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
That way, she preserves the inheritance while generating a modest stream of additional cash.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
And he might feel that one title in 14 years, with this crop of talent, feels like a modest return.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
But US think tank Asia Society's yearly Global Public Opinion on China, external survey suggested that China's image, which dipped during the pandemic, had only made a modest recovery since.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
It’s been hard for the modest Mona Lisa to live up to its reputation.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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