modestly

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The daughter of a traveling salesman, Flores grew up modestly in the cinder block hills of Catia, a hardscrabble district of western Caracas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Because the market has moved modestly lower in the past couple of months as earnings have continued to grow, the multiple today is just 20 times.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

An extended gradual decay also might sometimes allow for modestly positive news such as the data that garnered so much excitement this week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

In contrast, real median weekly earnings have risen only modestly during the same period.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

Maggie was singled out in the New York Herald as “a very pretty, arch-looking, black-eyed and rather modestly behaved girl.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock