small beer

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Recent Examples of small beer Another type of small beer — so named because of its low alcohol content, typically 2 to 4 percent — was made by reusing grain from a previous brew. Leslie Shapiro, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023 And there's a possibility there may be a small beer garden near the barbecue area, but this detail had not yet been finalized. The Arizona Republic, 16 Aug. 2023 Twelve pieces max are complemented by a small beer and sake selection. Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2023 But this is small beer compared to being willing to absorb a $6.7 billion dollar hit over a decade in service of Indiana’s SPI interests. Robert G. Eccles, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023 See all Example Sentences for small beer 
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Noun
  • My memoir was built of gaps, juxtaposition, weird little nothings.
    Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The one whose legs turned nothings into somethings, improvising the Lions’ entire defensive game plan into a pile of ash?
    Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • Any continuation of this conversation will veer far off from the triviality of Socrates’s political beliefs.
    Theodore McDarrah, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Although it was considered appropriately feminine for women to care for animals, women and femininity were also considered weaker, sillier, and more frivolous than men and masculinity; caring too much for other creatures came was considered a sign of fragility and triviality.
    Natalie Kinkade, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • This small change in the corner radius offers more practical real estate to show information on the S25 family compared to the Pixel 9 family.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • One small change Yeado plans to make is to sell Gathering Place beers at Sahale and vice versa.
    Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024

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“Small beer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/small%20beer. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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