moderately

Example Sentences

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The 23 hard-to-short stocks I listed in one of my December 2025 columns, for example, have since declined only moderately.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

“Regional manufacturing activity rose moderately from last month, posting its highest reading since July 2022,” Cortney Cowley, assistant vice president and Oklahoma City Branch executive, said in a statement on Thursday.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Valerie may be only moderately successful, but she isn’t a hack.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

The Health Care Select Sector ETF is down roughly 4% and the Consumer Staples Select Sector ETF has lost about 5%, even as the Technology Select Sector ETF has advanced moderately.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Dill’s efforts to disentangle himself with dignity were only moderately successful: he rose from the pool like a small fantastical water monster, covered with green slime and dripping sheet.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee