The phrase "modest yet significant" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe things, such as progress, changes, or achievements that may appear small or insignificant, but are actually meaningful. For example, "Despite the pandemic, he was able to make a modest yet significant improvement on his exam scores."
In the Willamette Valley of Oregon, modest yet significant populations of wintering shorebirds (Charadriiformes) regularly use hundreds of dispersed wetlands on agricultural lands.
This study found a modest yet significant effect; 12% of the intervention group remained abstinent from tobacco at 3 months post-release, compared with only 2% of the control group.
CGP55845 did not detectably modify the frequency of the waves, although it caused a modest yet significant decrease in their amplitude (Fig. 7C, i iii).
Prior to PX, we observed a modest yet significant increase in the number of duct-associated ICCs in the Cdk4R/R pancreas (Fig. 6B).
Interestingly, treatment with PD173074 alone induced a modest, yet significant, decrease in Gnrh mRNA levels, similar that observed previously with Fgfr1 (compare to Fig. 3A).
We observed a modest, yet significant increase of LDLR in PSAPP mice compared to controls (Figure 6A and 6B; 20% increase with *p = 0.05).
Witness the small, yet significant Vietnamese minority.
[18F]afatinib demonstrates a modest, yet statistically significant uptake in A549 cells (Table 1, entry 4).
Compared to VE-cadherin, a modest, yet statistically significant upregulation of FLK-1 (up to 1.43-folds for in-phase shear-tension waves) was observed.
Following forging, the material exhibited an increase in fatigue life of anywhere from 2 to 15 times for the cast then forged material and more modest yet still significant 8 times longer at stress amplitudes around 140 MPa for the extruded then forged material.
Daily lignan supplementation resulted in modest, yet statistically significant improvements in glycemic control in type 2 diabetic patients without apparently affecting fasting glucose, lipid profiles and insulin sensitivity.
