{"id":19528,"date":"2025-01-24T07:42:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T14:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=19528"},"modified":"2025-01-07T14:52:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T21:52:37","slug":"words-seldom-seen-modicum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=19528","title":{"rendered":"Words Seldom Seen: Modicum"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_2628.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"414\" data-attachment-id=\"19499\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=19499\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_2628.jpeg?fit=2000%2C1181&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1181\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.78&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 15 Pro Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1736061491&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.7649998656528&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0082644628099174&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_2628\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_2628.jpeg?fit=700%2C414&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_2628.jpeg?resize=700%2C414&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19499\" style=\"width:619px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_2628.jpeg?resize=1024%2C605&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_2628.jpeg?resize=300%2C177&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_2628.jpeg?resize=768%2C454&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_2628.jpeg?resize=1536%2C907&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_2628.jpeg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_2628.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Modicum<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Noun:<\/strong> A small quantity of something considered desirable or valuable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Example:<\/strong> &#8220;Simon&#8217;s rants about turn signals had a modicum of truth.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pronunciation:<\/strong> maa\u00b7duh\u00b7km<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo is a sunrise from the Piestewa saddle in early January 2025. We call it the Senior Summit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Modicum Noun: A small quantity of something considered desirable or valuable. Example: &#8220;Simon&#8217;s rants about turn signals had a modicum of truth.&#8221; Pronunciation: maa\u00b7duh\u00b7km Photo is a sunrise from the Piestewa saddle in early January 2025. 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