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what seems like a huge amount of money to most people is only chump change to a billionaire
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This is still chump change compared to Google’s almost 5 billion users, but Perplexity offers something traditional search does not: the power of LLMs.
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IEEE Spectrum, 26 Dec. 2024
There’s a $100,000 guarantee the Nets will have to eat as a cap charge, but that’s chump change.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
But that’s chump change, if such a thing can be said of seven-figure purses, compared to the $20-million Saudi Cup and $12-million Dubai World Cup.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
But that is chump change compared to the extreme success of the Joe Rogan Experience, which had been the No. 1 podcast for years until it was dethroned by Kylie Kelce's Not Gonna Lie pod in December 2024.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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IEEE Spectrum, 26 Dec. 2024
There’s a $100,000 guarantee the Nets will have to eat as a cap charge, but that’s chump change.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
But that’s chump change, if such a thing can be said of seven-figure purses, compared to the $20-million Saudi Cup and $12-million Dubai World Cup.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
But that is chump change compared to the extreme success of the Joe Rogan Experience, which had been the No. 1 podcast for years until it was dethroned by Kylie Kelce's Not Gonna Lie pod in December 2024.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Chump change.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chump%20change. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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