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Recent Examples of modicum At least a modicum of adversity, which Cleveland didn’t really have until the very end last season, is built into the start of the new campaign. Joe Vardon, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 And yet a new revolution precipitated by the betrayals of an older uprising ought to prompt us to view what is now unfolding in Nepal, despite its appearance of promise, with at least a modicum of wariness. Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025 His days as a starting pitcher are gone — save for a unique scenario Wednesday, when he’ll be called into action — but that same modicum of joy remains. Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025 This openness granted her a modicum of power in her, uh, complicated relationship with future husband Christian Grey. Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for modicum
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Noun
  • Even for those in the North who didn’t care a damn for the four million held in brutal bondage, or those who wanted a soft, conciliatory approach, the war began to take on new and moral meaning.
    Jack Sheehan September 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • At the start, the project required building a damn to drain the water from the facade.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Miss Keaton…is not a whit like the flustered ingénue she was cast to play.
    Chris Morris, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The whit and the whoo are from different owls.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Who knows — this one might, in tiny increments, one acoustic guitar lick or exhortation to live fully at a time.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
  • While Kendrick and Drake were putting their pens to their limits, Metro fired up some software and got his licks in.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The shred of good news is that this might finally get Kate into the White House, since Grace Penn (Allison Janney) is looking for a VP.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Walston ripped up the card and let the shreds fall on Penn.
    Cameron Crowe, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There are hoots and hollers from raucous tourists on Bourbon Street, for example.
    Matt Alderton, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
  • There are a few hoots and hollers as the others agree or protest.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But the restriction appeared to do little to keep the pollution at bay.
    Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • But these low-risk hi jinx will encourage your own littles to try new things and take chances for the adventure of learning and saving friends.
    Katie Grant, Parents, 24 Sep. 2025

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“Modicum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modicum. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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