in a small way

idiom

: to a small extent or degree

In a small way, the experience helped me understand what it's like to be homeless.

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In March 1939, the city tried in a small way to restore a little grace to the limestone canyon. —

Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2024 Substance use experts say incentive programs that reward participants, even in a small way, can have a powerful effect particularly with meth users. —

Angela Hart | Kff Health News, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024 And such cooperation could, in a small way, help to stabilize the U.S.-Chinese relationship. —

Nathan Levine, Foreign Affairs, 16 Mar. 2021 The race to stave off disaster in Ukraine’s war against Russia is unfolding in the battle-scarred fields and forests of Eastern Europe and, in a small way, a quiet wooded area of southwest Finland. —

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