chump change

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Recent Examples of chump change Still, even those billions look like chump change next to these super-rich super-fans—a Sweet 16 with a combined net worth that Forbes estimates at $357 billion as the NCAA men’s basketball tournament tips off this week. Brett Knight, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025 This is still chump change compared to Google’s almost 5 billion users, but Perplexity offers something traditional search does not: the power of LLMs. IEEE Spectrum, 26 Dec. 2024 There’s a $100,000 guarantee the Nets will have to eat as a cap charge, but that’s chump change. John Hollinger, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024 But that’s chump change, if such a thing can be said of seven-figure purses, compared to the $20-million Saudi Cup and $12-million Dubai World Cup. John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for chump change
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Noun
  • Hayes also said her family hasn’t seen a dime of the money that was raised through the platform GiveSendGo.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Other support characters bring forth veteran presence on top of a highly functional scenic design by Heather Kenyon that leaves lots of open space for the cast to bound in and out of doors that fly open on a dime.
    David John Chávez, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Hundreds of Mumsnet users gave their two cents about the situation.
    Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Maybe that’s just my two cents, but that should be considered.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025

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“Chump change.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chump%20change. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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