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Recent Examples of small-time
Statham plays Turkish, a small-time boxing promoter who gets on the wrong side of a big-time crime boss after a fight goes south.
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Elliott Smith, EW.com, 26 July 2025
His journey from small-time criminal to heavy metal’s comic Prince of Darkness started with clothes.
—Jim Windolf, New York Times, 23 July 2025
And with the cartels involved, small-time crooks take advantage of the fear and run their own little extortion rackets, pretending to be associated with larger organized crime groups.
—Fabiola Sánchez, Fortune, 11 July 2025
Alfredo’s lifelong business partner and small-time gangster Annibale (Marco Giallini) even sees it as his chance to ask Lorella on a date.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 July 2025
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Elliott Smith, EW.com, 26 July 2025
His journey from small-time criminal to heavy metal’s comic Prince of Darkness started with clothes.
—Jim Windolf, New York Times, 23 July 2025
And with the cartels involved, small-time crooks take advantage of the fear and run their own little extortion rackets, pretending to be associated with larger organized crime groups.
—Fabiola Sánchez, Fortune, 11 July 2025
Alfredo’s lifelong business partner and small-time gangster Annibale (Marco Giallini) even sees it as his chance to ask Lorella on a date.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for small-time
Adjective
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Over the next 1,358 days, there would be just a handful of credible sightings of Phillips, mostly connected with petty crimes in nearby small towns.—
Todd Symons,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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Nothing is too petty, too silly, too stupid, or too weird to be included.—
Aytekin Tank,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The energy department said wind and solar capacity is 'worthless' without sunlight or wind.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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Overnight, many of those owners saw their wealth erased — their principal assets rendered worthless.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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
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With a comfy 16-point cushion entering the fourth quarter, though, Adelman turned to Jordan again to nickel-and-dime Jokic a few minutes of rest.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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If either achieves even half the cadence and reliability of Falcon 9, the private space industry will finally move from a one-horse race to a true competition.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Athletic reported on Tuesday that Tottenham are in a one-horse race to sign the 27-year-old from Crystal Palace, after north London rivals Arsenal cooled their interest.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Small-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/small-time. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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