conservative
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The law’s 110% funding buffer sounds conservative until you run it through a 2008-style market event or another prolonged period of underperformance.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
On May 19, voters in Kentucky’s 4th District will choose between two conservative Republicans, Massie and Gallrein, who are, on the surface, not all that different.
From Salon • May 14, 2026
Karman raised its full-year revenue guidance to $720 million-$735 million, which an analyst suggested could be conservative.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
Even the conservative core CPI inflation reading would correspond to at least a 25-basis-point increase to the Fed’s current target range.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
In Jan Scruggs’s conservative family, he’d been taught it was his duty as a citizen to serve in the armed forces.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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