modicum
Example Sentences
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Bonds could provide jittery investors with a modicum of safety and income as well.
From Barron's
He was the only one toward whom the brute displayed any modicum of trust.
From Literature
Given a modicum of hope, there’s always room to make matters worse.
From Los Angeles Times
Yes, traders may be overweight the sector, and parts are richly valued in terms of price-to-earnings multiples, but such factors have caused only a modicum of exposure reduction by investors so far.
From MarketWatch
At least not without a modicum of heartbreak.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
