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as in meek
not having or showing any feelings of superiority, self-assertiveness, or showiness
a medical scientist who remained remarkably humble even after winning the Nobel Prize even though she'd been proven wrong, her attitude was still far from humble
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as in low
belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank
a humble peasant girl who claimed she was chosen by God to restore the French king to his throne
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as in servile
showing, expressing, or offered in a spirit of humility or unseemly submissiveness
please accept my humble thanks for this unexpected favor
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as in to humiliate
to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes
Philip was utterly humbled by a crushing defeat in the first round of the state chess tournament
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Recent Examples of humble
Austin Bush, Travel + Leisure, 23 Nov. 2024
Whereas in the beginning, there was a slightly more humble approach.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2024
Sewell is a smarmy charmer all over again, only slightly humbled by his brush with death at the end of Season 1.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
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Between bites, Magalhães gave me a quick lesson on the tasca’s humble beginnings.
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Levy said he was humbled by the support and pledged to get to work first thing in the morning.
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Tucci, a reassuring screen presence for more than three decades, is casually excellent as the iconoclastic Bellini, wisely downplaying his character’s physicality in favor of meek conviction.Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Nov. 2024
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Instead, Amy Adams, whose performance as a meek nun in Doubt was her second Oscar nomination after Junebug, reaps that windfall and wins her Oscar nice and early in her career.Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
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New York City and Philadelphia were expected to hit the mid-50s Sunday and low 60s by Wednesday.Susan Miller, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
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Alabama’s ceiling looked higher, but its floor looked lower.Chris Vannini, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
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His co-stars, like Will Ferrell’s savage Mugatu, Owen Wilson’s stoner hottie Hansel, and Nathan Lee Graham’s servile Todd — all so precise and well-defined in the original’s ravelike milieu — are doomed to retrace their old steps here.Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
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These officials could, in turn, redistribute some of their private goods among their own servile lieutenants, but the monarch retained ultimate power to grant or revoke their privileged status.Serhiy Kudelia, Foreign Affairs, 27 Feb. 2014
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To see the reigning English champions humiliated and humbled in such a manner is a very rare event.Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
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Teeny feels humiliated over the fact that Genevieve left her out of the Sol vote, which is more than understandable.Nick Caruso, TVLine, 20 Nov. 2024
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Any food with a modest amount of tryptophan followed by about 30 grams of carbs (a medium plate of spaghetti) will distract the rest of your amino acids long enough to induce that foggy-brain feeling.Nick Stockton, WIRED, 28 Nov. 2024
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No matter how modest your initial contributions are, saving regularly will compound your money over time. Set a regular savings goal based on your capacity.Nia Bowers, Detroit Free Press, 28 Nov. 2024
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The latest victory arrived versus lowly Valencia, the decisive strikes from forwards Cyle Larin and charismatic local hero Abdón Prats in a 2-1 scoreline.Henry Flynn, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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All-in-all, the loss at home to the lowly Titans incapsulates the 2024 Texans – promising signs but key moments and plays going against them.Ben Morse, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
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Like Lozano, Gregg Berhalter won’t get away with abject failure lightly.Phil Hay, The Athletic, 1 July 2024
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Perhaps that’s why the character feels so one-dimensional compared to the franchise’s previous antagonists — that and the script’s abject failure to involve Gina in the story’s emotional stakes.David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2024
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In states where bans have passed through the legislature, including in Tennessee, testimony from those opposing such care has often been discredited—yet politicians pass the bans anyway, often along party lines.Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
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Trump also openly campaigned on pardoning supporters who participated in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot — discrediting the notion that the Hunter Biden case will somehow give Trump political cover to issue controversial pardons.Zachary Basu, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Humble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humble. Accessed 12 Dec. 2024.
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