as in nothing
something of little importance
he rightfully dismissed his woes as small change compared to the life-threatening problems faced by others
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Recent Examples of small change
In video imagery, small changes frame to frame can lead to jitter in the background or problems like, in the Coke ad, people in the crowd looking too big relative to the scale of other objects in the scene.
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Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Be sure to recognize even small changes and improvements.
—Dr. Susan Buttross/american Academy Of Pediatrics, Boston Herald, 23 Mar. 2025
When feedback is treated as a company-wide responsibility, small changes can happen faster, leading to noticeable improvements.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Scientists have long known that small changes in how Earth orbits the sun influence glacial cycles over thousands of years.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
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Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Be sure to recognize even small changes and improvements.
—Dr. Susan Buttross/american Academy Of Pediatrics, Boston Herald, 23 Mar. 2025
When feedback is treated as a company-wide responsibility, small changes can happen faster, leading to noticeable improvements.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Scientists have long known that small changes in how Earth orbits the sun influence glacial cycles over thousands of years.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for small change
Recent Examples of Synonyms for small change
Noun
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My memoir was built of gaps, juxtaposition, weird little nothings.—
Cheri Lucas Rowlands,
Longreads,
16 Dec. 2024
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The one whose legs turned nothings into somethings, improvising the Lions’ entire defensive game plan into a pile of ash?—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
10 Feb. 2024
Noun
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As a society navigating the choppy waters of quick-draw feuds and biting vitriol—no matter the triviality or seriousness of the topic in question—we are often cowered into joining the chorus versus belting out a solo for fear of being singled out.—
Christina L. Sgro,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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In other words, no drugs, alcohol abuse, tardiness, triviality, egocentricity.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Feb. 2025
Noun
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No one has ever rushed to the theatre for the sake of Hero and Claudio, the secondary lovers, whose wooings and sunderings, though eventful, seem like very small beer compared with the rich flirtatious spirits of the primary pair.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2025
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This was, to Biden’s critics on the left, small beer.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Small change.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/small%20change. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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