modest

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Then a few modest choruses of “sell the team” broke out.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

The Georgetown University Center for Retirement Initiatives concluded that modest use of alternative asset classes in a diversified target-date fund has the potential to improve a participant’s annual retirement income by 11% to 17%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

For Alphabet, the price target was lowered to $361 from $397, a more modest cut.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

“While modest near‑term renewal headwinds are possible, we view the increase as structurally positive for Sam’s earnings power given high incremental margins on membership revenue,” Tarlowe wrote.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

I knew that to Grigori, what had resembled a blight had probably been a modest building from the outside, so as to avoid making a target of itself.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros