modest
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To float comfortably off to dreamland with a book, find a writer who informs, entertains and keeps the thrills modest.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
I live in a modest, fully paid-off home, drive an older car, have comfortable but dated and worn furniture, and buy clothes at thrift stores.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
Credit trends showed modest improvement across the sector, suggesting the American consumer remains on solid footing despite mounting economic uncertainties.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
Overall, “we see this as a modest positive for long-term strategic optionality, with no near-term impact on estimates absent a subsequent FDA decision that actually adds substances to an allowable compounding pathway,” BofA analysts wrote.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
If fly genes could be altered with such modest doses of radiation, then could the alteration of human genes be far behind?
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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