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Recent Examples of small-time
Activists say the real death toll may never be known, with users and small-time peddlers gunned down almost daily in mysterious slumland killings blamed on vigilantes and turf wars.
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Reuters, NBC news, 13 May 2026
Stop allowing small-time animal attractions to exhibit them.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2026
Prada’s rise from small-time leather goods company to global recognition roughly followed Bertelli’s childhood—he was born in 1988, and his mother showed her first women’s ready-to-wear collection that year.
—Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 6 May 2026
Reduce taxes 5-10% for small-time property owners (not corporations), small business owners and an annual 10% rental rebate from the state on top of tax return.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
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Reuters, NBC news, 13 May 2026
Stop allowing small-time animal attractions to exhibit them.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2026
Prada’s rise from small-time leather goods company to global recognition roughly followed Bertelli’s childhood—he was born in 1988, and his mother showed her first women’s ready-to-wear collection that year.
—Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 6 May 2026
Reduce taxes 5-10% for small-time property owners (not corporations), small business owners and an annual 10% rental rebate from the state on top of tax return.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for small-time
Adjective
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When a conversation ends without a real answer, when a situation is explained away rather than actually explained, the discomfort is not neurotic or petty.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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Mary disrupts Clark’s equilibrium with the Backrooms by refusing to validate his excuses for his behavior, fully calling out his failings, his petty assholery, and his glib, solipsistic lies.—
Tasha Robinson,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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To bow and scrape before this worthless outsider is beneath me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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Don't think the free themes are worthless; some rival Squarespace's slick visual style.—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
21 May 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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And while this has now become a one-horse race, with that proposal carrying the day heading into a May 28 vote at the league’s next Board of Governors meeting, there are still more discussions — and possible changes — to come.—
Sam Amick,
New York Times,
5 May 2026
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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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“Small-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/small-time. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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