modest
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Though the sport ran through her extended family, Lamboria grew up in a household of modest means.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
If the truck and the Walkman were metaphorical beacons, a modest gold, rope necklace and Jeff Kent’s mustache were concealed anchors even when in plain sight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
Burnham, 56, announced three feel-good measures designed to offer Britons and businesses some early modest help with high living costs, which he has made the focus of his nascent administration.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
Macquarie assigns a “medium probability” of modest escalation from here, “but a low probability for a return to a large-scale conflict, absent a serious miscalculation by either side.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Normally modest to a fault, she covered her triumphs in detail, adding that “my own experience has been unique.”
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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