modest

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The proposed rule would require providers to review and manage liquidity risks, which may mean capping alternative investments at a modest share of the portfolio.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Lawrence, who worked with him on his adaptation of Hiaasen’s “Bad Monkey,” describes him as surprisingly modest, entirely unlike his swaggering creations.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

Growth forecasts for large, developed economies—Japan, France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom—were modest before the war at around 1%.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

A modest yet amusingly spiky round trip from Manhattan to Martha’s Vineyard, it has the trappings of a rom-com but a trickier soulfulness about its unlikely connection.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The boy watches both the magician and his modest audience curiously.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern