small change

noun

1
: coins of low denomination
2

Examples of small change in a Sentence

a pocket full of small change The fine is a lot of money to some people, but to him it's small change. My problems are small change compared to yours. He wasn't a major criminal. He was strictly small change.
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In video imagery, small changes frame to frame can lead to jitter in the background or problems like, in the Coke ad, people in the crowd looking too big relative to the scale of other objects in the scene. Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025 Be sure to recognize even small changes and improvements. Dr. Susan Buttross/american Academy Of Pediatrics, Boston Herald, 23 Mar. 2025 When feedback is treated as a company-wide responsibility, small changes can happen faster, leading to noticeable improvements. Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025 Scientists have long known that small changes in how Earth orbits the sun influence glacial cycles over thousands of years. Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for small change

Word History

First Known Use

1679, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of small change was in 1679

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“Small change.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/small%20change. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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