modestly

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The daughter of a traveling salesman, Flores grew up modestly in the cinder block hills of Catia, a hardscrabble district of western Caracas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Because the market has moved modestly lower in the past couple of months as earnings have continued to grow, the multiple today is just 20 times.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

In contrast, real median weekly earnings have risen only modestly during the same period.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

Employment rose modestly and the average workweek edged up but at a slower pace than February.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

When we got home that night, after we put Shoshana to bed, he said modestly, “Well. I think we hit it off A-o-kay.”

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan