modest
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Qualcomm does not need to win the market; it just needs a modest slice of an enormous one.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026
Lodge is being a bit modest when he plays down his family’s business aptitude.
From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026
However, because a modest 6% recovery in SpaceX stock would restore his 13-figure status, Musk may simply become the world's first recurring trillionaire.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026
“The most likely outcome is neither a breakthrough nor a collapse but a prolonged period of managed uncertainty that keeps a modest risk premium embedded in energy prices,” he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026
Richmond had become Virginia’s capital, but in 1781, it was little more than a country village with dirt streets, only two brick buildings, and modest wooden houses.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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