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Examples of small change in a Sentence
a pocket full of small change
The fine is a lot of money to some people, but to him it's small change.
My problems are small change compared to yours.
He wasn't a major criminal. He was strictly small change.
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Herzog has already started to make small changes to the text: Dialogue about Facebook is now about Instagram, where parents more often converse these days.
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2024
The fee, which helps cover maintenance, supplies and labor, is typically small change: 50 cents or a euro in a European Union country, one or two Swiss francs or 20 pence to a pound in the United Kingdom.
—Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
Some of these include widespread overhauls to zoning to increase housing density, while others are focused around development near public transportation systems and some would make small changes to the local landscape.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2024
Amano has designed the poster of this year’s Lucca festival, which is themed around the idea of the ‘The Butterfly Effect,’ the theory that small changes led to big consequences.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 26 June 2024
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2024
The fee, which helps cover maintenance, supplies and labor, is typically small change: 50 cents or a euro in a European Union country, one or two Swiss francs or 20 pence to a pound in the United Kingdom.
—Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
Some of these include widespread overhauls to zoning to increase housing density, while others are focused around development near public transportation systems and some would make small changes to the local landscape.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2024
Amano has designed the poster of this year’s Lucca festival, which is themed around the idea of the ‘The Butterfly Effect,’ the theory that small changes led to big consequences.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 26 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for small change
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“Small change.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/small%20change. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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