chump change

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Recent Examples of chump change 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 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 See All Example Sentences for chump change
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chump change
Noun
  • The American supertanker doesn’t turn on a dime, and the results of this year’s 3D chess will begin to resolve this summer and autumn.
    Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
  • In addition, attendees received free rooms up to $654 per night, food and drinks and other perks on the charity’s dime.
    Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 14 June 2025
Noun
  • O’Donnell is not there to add her two cents (whether she was asked to participate or not is unknown).
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 12 June 2025
  • Armando Aguilar, an independent cryptocurrency analyst, offered his two cents on what ether prices could do in the near future, highlighting several areas of both support and resistance.
    Charles Lloyd Bovaird II, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025

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“Chump change.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chump%20change. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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