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
Even small changes can unintentionally disrupt this system.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Even one small change can open space for deeper connection and mutual reliance.
—Colin Bedell, Them., 17 Sep. 2025
That small change in walking gait helped alleviate their chronic knee pain, researchers found.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
Other savings will come from various small changes, like eliminating the city's Adobe contract and using postcards instead of letters for property tax statements.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Even one small change can open space for deeper connection and mutual reliance.
—Colin Bedell, Them., 17 Sep. 2025
That small change in walking gait helped alleviate their chronic knee pain, researchers found.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
Other savings will come from various small changes, like eliminating the city's Adobe contract and using postcards instead of letters for property tax statements.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 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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But nothings more peaceful than tomorrow to a man going through pain today.—
Becca Longmire,
Peoplemag,
22 Feb. 2024
Noun
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The token slivers of human-interest drama (a divorce battle, a visit to the pediatrician) that are meant to counterpoint the possibility of Armageddon with the oh-so-ironic triviality of quotidian concerns.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
2 Sep. 2025
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Both aspired to some kind of soulful, intellectual seriousness at a moment when their work was pulling them toward mass appeal and triviality.—
Liz McNeil,
People.com,
16 July 2025
Noun
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Of course, a pipeline is small beer compared to the world’s largest island, Greenland, laden with energy resources and rare earths.—
Llewellyn King,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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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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“Small change.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/small%20change. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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