modest
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Paris has held its first ever Modest Fashion Week - hosting nearly 30 designers whose collections include loose, long-cut garments and headscarves.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
Modest reforms could go a long way, while preserving affordability.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025
Modest stock declines tend to make investors—and many pundits—fret that a catastrophic decline is about to pummel the market.
From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025
Jonathan S. Blake directs the Planetary Program at the Berggruen Institute and is co-author of “Children of a Modest Star: Planetary Thinking for an Age of Crises.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2025
Music and mathematics: Modest support for the oft-claimed relationship.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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