modestly
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Bill Adams, chief US economist at Fifth Third Commercial Bank, said July's CPI data was "modestly better" and kept a "narrow path open for the Fed to hold rates steady in September."
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
She admits she has worried whether dressing modestly will make it harder for her to succeed in this industry, but she finds pleasure in it too.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Morgan analyst Harlan Sur wrote in a Wednesday note that guidance on the metric for the third quarter “landed modestly below” what buy-side investors had indicated they were expecting prior to the report.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Eating one avocado each day may modestly reduce heart disease risk in adults with obesity, according to new research led by scientists in the Penn State Department of Nutritional Sciences.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
Maggie was singled out in the New York Herald as “a very pretty, arch-looking, black-eyed and rather modestly behaved girl.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
