modest

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

The Georgetown University Center for Retirement Initiatives concluded that modest use of alternative asset classes in a diversified target-date fund has the potential to improve a participant’s annual retirement income by 11% to 17%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

For Alphabet, the price target was lowered to $361 from $397, a more modest cut.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Iain Mansfield, chief executive officer at Principality Building Society, said "modest" house price growth in Wales was likely to continue.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Thus the artist’s hands, however modest the task they may have to perform, play an essential part in the creative process.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson