modest
Example Sentences
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Although the new personal allowance is yet to be revealed, it is bound to be higher than the modest £250 rise implemented last year - which took the figure to £14,750.
From BBC
While he rightly celebrates the fall in poverty rates in his four successes, he does not note the more modest success for sub-Saharan Africa as a whole.
It was George Osborne who created the combined mayoralties and started the transfer of what might have appeared relatively modest powers, over transport for example.
From BBC
Hundreds gathered for his burial near Kenya's Aberdare mountains, but it was a modest affair, with no government dignitaries and the family relying on donations to host it.
From Barron's
Scotland's modest total was looking to be more tricky than England would have liked as they crawled to 54-2 off eight overs in reply.
From Barron's
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