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Recent Examples of small-time
The family's lack of money became one of the biggest factors that drove the brothers to begin their journey as small-time drug dealers.
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Kayla Grant, People.com, 16 Aug. 2025
This will be especially useful for sports fans of small-time and less successful teams.
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 16 Aug. 2025
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.
—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
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Kayla Grant, People.com, 16 Aug. 2025
This will be especially useful for sports fans of small-time and less successful teams.
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 16 Aug. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for small-time
Adjective
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Who among us hasn’t fantasized in the shower about exacting elaborate revenge for petty upsets, or lain awake trying to reframe our humiliations as epic tales of triumph?—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Oct. 2025
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Strahinja Jokic, 43, was sentenced to a year of probation on the misdemeanor and petty offenses, according to the Denver district attorney’s office.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Another recurring feature of the biggest asset booms is outright chicanery, such as fraudulent accounting, the marketing of worthless securities, and plain old stealing.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Marks drew a parallel to the late 1990s internet boom, which promised to transform the world — and ultimately did — yet left a trail of worthless companies in its wake.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
13 Oct. 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
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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 17 Oct. 2025.
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