modest
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At independence, India adopted a modest 12.5% quota for the “scheduled castes,” or Dalits, widely acknowledged as the most-disadvantaged victims of caste discrimination.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 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
Sales volumes increased by a more modest 0.5% month-over-month and 2.8% from last year, which still points to a tailwind for gross domestic product in May.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Once that failed, they focused on adding veterans who could win now and have only managed modest improvement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
We’d park the car and walk along streets of modest bungalows, landing on a doorstep to find a hunched-over widow or a big-bellied factory worker with a can of Michelob peering through the screen door.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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