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Discover LudwigThe phrase "modest income" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to a modest amount of money that a person earns or receives. Example: Despite her modest income, Jane was able to save enough money to buy a small apartment in the city. Another example: The couple lived a simple life, relying on their modest income from their small family-run business.
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"I make modest income," she said.
Peter works part-time and earns a modest income.
None of us kids have more than a modest income.
Harvard Growth Fund: Generates modest income and seeks long-term growth of principal.
Moreover, Social Security has a progressive benefit formula favoring low and modest income.
And I think I've been fiscally responsible with my modest income.
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They are "restrained by still-modest income gains and lingering uncertainty".
The foreclosing on modest properties owned by modest-income households.
"Obviously Medicaid is a program designed for low- and modest-income people.
This was as good as it got for modest-income housing, with parquet floors and double-wide windows.
As well as hitting the poorest, it would remove some modest-income families from CTC eligibility altogether.
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