modest

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The frugality in “Hag” is apparent from its modest start.

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

For now, most real-world maglev installations are far more modest than the sideways-moving elevator visions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

They were a modest, middle-class family, in many ways not at all unlike my own.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama