Now, after more than a decade of stagnation, it appears to be making a modest comeback.
In the 21st century, the Big Band arrangement has made a modest comeback.
But nuclear plants have begun to make a modest comeback, too.
With little fanfare, innovation may be making a modest comeback.
The early drop wiped around £800 million off the company's market capitalisation - before staging a modest comeback to stand 51p down.
Of at least equal importance was the more modest comeback Reich steered Saturday.
Brown made a modest but short-lived comeback as a live performer in the early 1960s.
Biron led the party to a modest comeback in the 1976 election, winning 11 seats.
Meanwhile, 112 is enjoying a modest (so far) comeback.
Even now, words have made only a modest comeback.