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Recent Examples of small-time
Despite the splashy Ferraro deal, Oren had continued to score mostly small-time sales — condos and apartments under $2 million.
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James D. Walsh, Curbed, 10 Mar. 2026
And yet, parts of the industry still feel small-time.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 26 Feb. 2026
Oseguera is said to have begun his storied career in humble fashion, as a small-time drug dealer in California.
—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
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James D. Walsh, Curbed, 10 Mar. 2026
And yet, parts of the industry still feel small-time.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 26 Feb. 2026
Oseguera is said to have begun his storied career in humble fashion, as a small-time drug dealer in California.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for small-time
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Examples of petty beatings also abound, like footage from December showing two guys in Leeds, UK tossing a delivery robot into a bush, or video of one bot cracked open and left for dead on a Los Angeles sidewalk.—
Joe Wilkins,
Futurism,
2 Apr. 2026
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His distracted state gave him practically no leverage to overcome Senate President Bill Ferguson’s blockade against his petty redistricting effort.—
Torrey Snow,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The handwash sink next to the three-compartment sink proved worthless without soap, paper towels or a mechanical blower.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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In an economy where wages are anchored to what compute would cost to replicate human work, human labor becomes economically marginal—not worthless, but negligibly small relative to the overall pie.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
4 Apr. 2026
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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
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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 8 Apr. 2026.
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