modest
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Those who worked with him recall his dry sense of humour and practical jokes, the comparatively modest car he drove and how he did not get dragged down by the inevitable setbacks of the game.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Ideally, I need to get to $250,000 to buy a modest apartment so my kid can have a place that is ours and has no debt associated with it.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
And Deschamps, who grew up in modest circumstances in Basque country, is the one who has made all those disparate parts work together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
That means even modest price declines can make a major impact on a fund’s performance relative to its peers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Valentina Tereshkova came from a modest background in the Yaroslavl region.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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