modest
Example Sentences
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While experts predict modest employment numbers, disappointing data could send the market back into convulsions.
From MarketWatch
Economists polled by the Wall Street Journal estimate the U.S. created a modest 55,000 new jobs in January, which would not be a bad result.
From MarketWatch
There is no modest, wholesome attempt at going out on his own to make a life beyond what marital destiny provided.
From Salon
China’s first inflation prints of the year are in the spotlight on Wednesday, which will show if the modest improvements seen toward the end of 2025 have held up.
That followed only modest hiring in the final month of last year, which itself represented a slowdown after nearly 200,000 jobs were added to the economy in the three months to November.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
