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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Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2025
Jerome said small changes—such as parking further away from your destination or taking the stairs instead of the elevator—also add up and count toward your overall daily activity.
—Cyra-Lea Drummond, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2025
But these seemingly small changes have made a different life for her.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Chaos is common to the classical world because classical systems can be highly sensitive to small changes in their initial conditions.
—Dan Garisto, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025
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Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2025
Jerome said small changes—such as parking further away from your destination or taking the stairs instead of the elevator—also add up and count toward your overall daily activity.
—Cyra-Lea Drummond, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2025
But these seemingly small changes have made a different life for her.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Chaos is common to the classical world because classical systems can be highly sensitive to small changes in their initial conditions.
—Dan Garisto, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025
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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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Who was this irritant who had eluded the most sophisticated lawmen in the country, thanks to the triviality of his crimes?—
David Grann,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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For Herzog, this simultaneous coexistence of high art and triviality is part of LA’s twisted genius.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 Sep. 2025
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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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