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Recent Examples of small-time
Oseguera is said to have begun his storied career in humble fashion, as a small-time drug dealer in California.
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Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
Indeed, few modern-day athletes have springboarded their success in a small-time sport more effectively.
—Zak Keefer, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
Paris public prosecutor Laure Beccuau previously said the robbery appeared to be the work of small-time criminals rather than professionals.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
The story is told through two timelines, six years apart, as a Norwegian detective and crime writer investigates a string of murders that begins with the murder of a small-time criminal and gun dealer who is shot down in the street.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
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Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
Indeed, few modern-day athletes have springboarded their success in a small-time sport more effectively.
—Zak Keefer, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
Paris public prosecutor Laure Beccuau previously said the robbery appeared to be the work of small-time criminals rather than professionals.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
The story is told through two timelines, six years apart, as a Norwegian detective and crime writer investigates a string of murders that begins with the murder of a small-time criminal and gun dealer who is shot down in the street.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for small-time
Adjective
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The Pentagon’s position was that all of this petty haggling was moot.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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Any suggestion of a cohesive, equitable tax policy in Florida has been shredded by petty partisanship, deceitful tactics and fake populism.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The schemer makes out with bags of money, while the followers are left with nearly worthless assets.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
12 Mar. 2026
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The conventional newsgathering institutions have been worthless in getting to the bottom of anything, especially the billion-dollar why question.—
Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Full-service hotels like Marriott and InterContinental still offer a more inclusive experience, and international airlines like Qatar Airways don't nickel-and-dime you for luggage.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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The nickel-and-dime crack sales; the tickets for open containers — none of that mattered anymore.—
Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2025
Adjective
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McCarthy moved to his current studio in 2012, and around then, bought land out in the Tehachapi Mountains to serve as Wild West backdrops, not unlike the early film studios buying up tumbleweed stables in Topanga to serve as facsimiles of one-horse towns to shoot westerns.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
25 Feb. 2026
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By the end of my life, there may be no one left who speaks like my father outside the hollers and the one-horse towns.—
Annie Joy Williams,
The Atlantic,
4 Jan. 2026
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“Small-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/small-time. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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