modest
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The Bureau of Street Lighting, with 177 employees and a relatively modest budget of $49.4 million, would seem an unlikely player in the broader debate over police surveillance.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
The study found that even modest increases in ultra-processed food consumption were associated with measurable declines in attention and mental processing speed.
From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026
The goal for the 2030s would be 100 kilowatts—a modest amount of electricity on Earth, but unprecedented for space.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
The modest early move came after Tesla released safety data on Dutch drivers using the company’s Full Self-Driving product, which can handle most driving tasks but still requires 100% driver supervision.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
The modest two-story house would be their family home for more than twenty years.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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