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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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Working over nine days in Ireland with the chump change left over from another Corman production, Coppola was asked to do a no-budget Psycho and delivered a film that Corman had to reshoot to deem releasable.
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Scott Tobias, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
Compared with almost $4.7 trillion in gross taxes, that’s chump change.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2024
As for any cost associated with a council expansion, that’s chump change compared to the cost of inadequate representation.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2024
The Dodgers, in fact, have made Bonilla’s yearly deferred income look like chump change.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
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Scott Tobias, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
Compared with almost $4.7 trillion in gross taxes, that’s chump change.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2024
As for any cost associated with a council expansion, that’s chump change compared to the cost of inadequate representation.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2024
The Dodgers, in fact, have made Bonilla’s yearly deferred income look like chump change.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
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“Chump change.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chump%20change. Accessed 13 Nov. 2024.
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