modest
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For clubs accustomed to paying tens of millions for established first-team players, spreading comparatively modest sums across several promising teenagers offers obvious appeal.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
With 3,500 miles of craggy coastline, Maine has evolved from a modest seasonal retreat into an increasingly sought-after luxury market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Although these changes are modest, even slight improvements in blood pressure and cholesterol can make a meaningful difference when maintained over many years.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
Highway 33, at a modest 3.5% grade, meanders over and along creeks that are invisible from the road but marked by riparian vegetation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
It provided home mortgages for hundreds of black families, people of dependable but modest means who could not have otherwise bought their own homes.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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