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The phrase "a modest role" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a position or function that is not overly significant or grand, often implying humility or a lack of ambition.
Example: "In the project, she took on a modest role, assisting the team with research and data collection."
Alternatives: "a minor role" or "a humble role".
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The United States federal government plays a modest role in EV charging.
At present, our domestic natural gas supply plays a modest role in offsetting foreign oil imports.
Nevertheless, heredity clearly plays a modest role in how long people live.
The chance to act, even in a modest role, had excited him.
"His was a modest role; he was a man in the shadows," Mr. Keselman said.
Mr. Bush played only a modest role in the debate, senior administration officials said.
"Governor is an important role, but a modest role," Brown told me this spring.
The lightest of any solid element, lithium has, until now, played a modest role in industry.
(The group did reasonably well in a modest role; the opera has all of two choruses).
"I made the most of what is a modest role in government," he said.
ENVIRONMENT played only a modest role in the recent American presidential election.
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