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modest

[mod-ist] / ˈmΙ’d Ιͺst /




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Dambrauskas using his modest winnings to move to London and forge a career in football.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

The far more modest turnout this Monday evening is "not a sign that people are rising up, ready to act, and aware that it is already the eleventh hour," protester Marie-Therese Hattendorf told AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

The tiny village is nestled along the southern shore of Lake Erie and offers a mix of multimillion-dollar estates and more modest residences.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026

Analysts at Danske Bank pointed out, however, that U.S. core inflation has been modest for the past couple of months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The Southern struggle had grown from a modest group of black students demonstrating peacefully at one lunch counter to the largest mass movement for racial reform and civil rights in the twentieth century.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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