modest
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That way, she preserves the inheritance while generating a modest stream of additional cash.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
Mr. Brown in 2012 championed modest reforms that pared benefits for future workers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Those who worked with him recall his dry sense of humour and practical jokes, the comparatively modest car he drove and how he did not get dragged down by the inevitable setbacks of the game.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Still, the decline is a modest one and leaves output above its February level, when the conflict in Iran began, he added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 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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