modest
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If analyst forecasts pan out, though, the increase next year will be far more modest, rising 10% to around $801 billion—an illustration of how AI is testing even the deepest Big Tech pockets.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Stock markets show modest reactions, while G-7 finance ministers discuss surging global bond yields and inflation tied to the Iran war.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
The Duffys are not ordinary Americans piling into a minivan for a modest summer vacation.
From Salon • May 18, 2026
In the summer of 2001, that modest hit about hot cars and cold Coronas did not premiere at Cannes.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
She had a makeup table laden with perfume bottles and face powder compacts and various ointments in tiny pots, which given my mother’s modest practicality seemed as exotic as jewels to me.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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