modest
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Several of the proposed cities never got off the ground, others were recast as more modest enterprises.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
In both the Cleveland and Akron metro areas, which include the cities and eight adjoining counties, flat or shrinking populations have reversed into modest gains in recent years.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
That’s around a 3.8% withdrawal rate a year, which is a relatively modest rate.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
Still, Infleqtion’s modest scale doesn’t mean it should be overlooked.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
On Tuesday, a funeral service was held in the modest redbrick Ebenezer Baptist Church where his father had presided for three decades, and in which young “M. L.”
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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