modestly

Example Sentences

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Recent budgets supported by Rivas essentially have frozen or modestly reduced school police staffing levels.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

To kick it off, U.S. stocks are edging modestly lower, with another rise in global crude prices and renewed selling in U.S.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

The euro fell modestly after a key measure of German manufacturing and services activity swung into contraction in April.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

You took a substantial risk early in your life by investing in an apartment building and living modestly in one of those apartments.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

“I did okay,” I said modestly, to avoid another insult.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter