as in nothing
something of little importance
he rightfully dismissed his woes as small change compared to the life-threatening problems faced by others
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Recent Examples of small change
Testing small changes before full implementation reduces risks, while feedback from colleagues, customers and partners offers fresh insights.
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Bekhruz Nagzibekov, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Product hopping is a practice in which a company makes a small change to a drug in an attempt to extend its period of market exclusivity.
—Victoria Knight, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
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McGregor suggests other small changes, too, including eating vegetables several times a day, basing meals around whole grains and having a handful of nuts each day.
—Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
Otherwise, the small change in worktop height and a slight decrease in stability aren’t worth it.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
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Bekhruz Nagzibekov, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Product hopping is a practice in which a company makes a small change to a drug in an attempt to extend its period of market exclusivity.
—Victoria Knight, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
Related article Move better and sidestep injury with the side lunge
McGregor suggests other small changes, too, including eating vegetables several times a day, basing meals around whole grains and having a handful of nuts each day.
—Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
Otherwise, the small change in worktop height and a slight decrease in stability aren’t worth it.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for small change
Noun
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My memoir was built of gaps, juxtaposition, weird little nothings.—
Cheri Lucas Rowlands,
Longreads,
16 Dec. 2024
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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
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As a society navigating the choppy waters of quick-draw feuds and biting vitriol—no matter the triviality or seriousness of the topic in question—we are often cowered into joining the chorus versus belting out a solo for fear of being singled out.—
Christina L. Sgro,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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In other words, no drugs, alcohol abuse, tardiness, triviality, egocentricity.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Feb. 2025
Noun
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No one has ever rushed to the theatre for the sake of Hero and Claudio, the secondary lovers, whose wooings and sunderings, though eventful, seem like very small beer compared with the rich flirtatious spirits of the primary pair.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2025
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This was, to Biden’s critics on the left, small beer.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Small change.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/small%20change. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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