moderately

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One worker said: "There is immense pressure on staff - we are mildly to moderately short-staffed all the time."

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

Yes, sales will grow moderately in the near-term.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

"Beluga males were indeed polygynous, but, surprisingly, only moderately so," said O'Corry-Crowe.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

Michelle Bowman said the Fed’s moderately restrictive policy aims to maintain stable labor markets and return inflation to its 2% goal.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

This method derived from the theories of the Russian physicist George Gamow, who deduced from quantum mechanics that the occasional particle from even a moderately energetic beam could penetrate the nucleus.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik