modest
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“Dreams” may be formally modest, but its ideology is anything but.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
The modest early move came after Tesla released safety data on Dutch drivers using the company’s Full Self-Driving product, which can handle most driving tasks but still requires 100% driver supervision.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
The goal for the 2030s would be 100 kilowatts—a modest amount of electricity on Earth, but unprecedented for space.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
At the highest dose, that’s more weight loss than the Zepbound drug that Lilly also makes, with just a modest trade-off in tolerability.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
She was a hard worker, modest, and a leader of the local Komsomol, a youth communist group.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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