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Six example sentences with modicum, each labelled with its topic.
Stoic writers prescribe a modicum of discomfort each day, a cold room or a plain meal, so luxury never rules you.
Philosophy
Add only a modicum of saffron; a pinch too much and the rice tastes medicinal instead of golden.
Cooking
With a modicum of Portuguese, roughly forty words, she managed markets, buses and one long conversation about football.
Travel
Even a modicum of savings, fifty dollars a month, means a broken washing machine is an errand instead of a crisis.
Finance
With a modicum of patience on offense, one extra pass a possession, the young team stopped forcing shots and started winning.
Basketball
A modicum of revenue, even a few hundred dollars, changes the pitch from a hope into a business with customers.
Startups
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