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Recent Examples of small-time
Last year, a jury sentenced Ragan to a lifetime behind bars for the execution-style murder of Luis Miguel Perez, a small-time drug dealer, at a Miami motel.
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
Despite the splashy Ferraro deal, Oren had continued to score mostly small-time sales — condos and apartments under $2 million.
—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
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
Despite the splashy Ferraro deal, Oren had continued to score mostly small-time sales — condos and apartments under $2 million.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for small-time
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For power users, this sort of thing can’t help but read as needling, even petty platform quirks.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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Season 1 was a full-on sensation, powered by Steven Yeun and Ali Wong's performances as Danny and Amy, two strangers whose petty clash on the road snowballs into a vicious feud.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Apr. 2026
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This does nothing to help onboard new VGC players, who are now more likely to pick a worthless item that puts them at a disadvantage.—
Kallie Plagge,
The Verge,
11 Apr. 2026
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Remove those incentives and innovation will slow – while farmers’ already substantial investments become worthless.—
John Cleveland,
Boston Herald,
7 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 15 Apr. 2026.
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