modest
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You make it a much more modest annual charge, addressing long-term problems while minimizing the pain.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
In addition to its effects on skin and joint health, collagen supplementation was linked to modest improvements in muscle mass, muscle structure, and tendon structure.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
That sounds modest but isn’t, as these things go.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Wall Street firms lowered price targets on Netskope, citing modest net-new annual recurring revenue and the CFO’s planned retirement.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
All over the USSR, young women were taking to the skies and trying to join the Red Army so they could be like their modest and hardworking hero, Marina Raskova.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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