modest

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Lawrence, who worked with him on his adaptation of Hiaasen’s “Bad Monkey,” describes him as surprisingly modest, entirely unlike his swaggering creations.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

Then a few modest choruses of “sell the team” broke out.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

The survey indicated that for now, cost pressures remained modest in China’s services sector, allowing firms to discount their own prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Investors should count on only modest returns for the coming decade in their planning.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

On Tuesday, a funeral service was held in the modest redbrick Ebenezer Baptist Church where his father had presided for three decades, and in which young “M. L.”

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson