Sentence examples for a modest longer from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a modest longer" is not correct in written English.
It seems to be an attempt to express a duration that is slightly longer than something else, but the construction is awkward and unclear.
Example: "I would like to stay a modest longer than planned, if possible."
Alternatives: "a little longer" or "somewhat longer".

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Toxicity related treatment pauses longer than 3 days were registered and reported in Table  1 with a modest longer median duration in the CRT group.> Table  2 reports the summary of the DVH analysis for all the patients for the various CTV, PTV and organs at risk.

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The findings of this study supported the validity of the SAPAS, and gave indications of modest longer-term stability.

Much has changed since then, although Pleasantville is still a modest, if no longer sleepy, little village.

It is no longer a modest storefront cafe.

Outsourcing is no longer a modest strategy but a central component of business practices.

Those who had cholecystectomy during index admission (group 1) had a modest, but statistically significant, longer index stay, i.e. length of hospital stay (LOS), compared to patients in groups 2 to 4 (p < 0.001).

It also notes, "maintaining a modest weight loss over a longer period of time is better than losing a lot of weight and regaining it".

With these lower doses, 25 months of therapy appeared to be superior to 13 months, with a larger decrease in the risk of developing distant metastasis (7.2% vs 3.2%) and a modest survival benefit with the longer regimen.

No longer is he a modest stoner.

Coffin can no longer leave home — a modest white house facing the town green — without a wheelchair, so he tends not to stray far.

I knew I no longer could be a modest services business and that I needed to build a scaleable repeatable product.

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