How to Use in a small way in a Sentence

in a small way

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  • Yet getting in touch, even in a small way, can have an impact.
    Ray A. Smith, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Audiences might feel, in a small way, that they’ve been conned, too.
    John Anderson, WSJ, 20 Apr. 2021
  • The former Bears player got to be a part of this historic season in a small way.
    Dallas News, 2 Apr. 2021
  • The software giant is planning to assist in a small way.
    Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2021
  • The best new year resolution is not to walk away, but to try, even in a small way, to make a difference.
    Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, 2 Jan. 2021
  • In addition to protecting wildlife habitat, the Audubon project aims to deal with that in a small way for now.
    Henry Fountain Mette Lampcov, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2023
  • And yet removing any one of these features would, if just in a small way, erode the bookiness of a book.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2021
  • And maybe sports, in a small way through gymnastics and through a school team at Fishers, can be a vessel to spread that kindness.
    Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 8 May 2022
  • So that gives the moon enough power to affect the planet in a small way, and water moves much easier than land.
    David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 19 Nov. 2020
  • So that gives the moon enough power to affect the planet in a small way, and water moves much easier than land does.
    David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Hundreds or even thousands of genes each contribute in a small way.
    Laura Hercher, Scientific American, 12 July 2021
  • Be an integrated part of the event: Make sure your brand can be a tangible part of the event, even if only in a small way.
    Harrison Wise, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Better still if being clear in her beliefs can contribute even in a small way to help make change.
    Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2022
  • For those who have not been part of the first year in a baby’s life, her relationship with her mother, and in a small way even with us, was very real.
    Gale Hollandstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2022
  • TRAPs have been around in a small way since the late 1980s primarily in high-wage positions where workers received valuable training.
    Reuters, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2022
  • What’s more, my addiction to takeout may have, in a small way, supported some of the wonderful restaurants and brave workers in my neighborhood.
    Madeline Hirsch, Glamour, 18 Mar. 2021
  • This is actually providing them value and helping them get started in a small way.
    Henry Devries, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Overall, GlucoFort contains a small blend of ingredients that could support blood sugar in a small way.
    Brian Robinson, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Anecdotal evidence shows such migration has already begun, at least in a small way.
    Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2021
  • Giving the shot to someone — even a person without an official appointment or eligibility according to public health guidelines — contributes in a small way to herd immunity.
    Angie Leventis Lourgos, chicagotribune.com, 4 Mar. 2021

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