How to Use small change in a Sentence

small change

noun
Definition of small changenext
Synonyms for small changenext
  • 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.
  • Time in the North can’t be bought with such small change.
    — David Treuer, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2023
  • There have been other small changes around the map as well.
    — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 17 July 2019
  • But what’s clear is that there has to be a small change in approach.
    — Stephen Means, cleveland, 17 Aug. 2021
  • There are some small changes to how battles work, some good and some bad.
    — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 4 Sep. 2018
  • In the years that followed, only one small change was made to the recall process.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2021
  • The mayor hustles down to Sal’s Famous to sweep the front walk for small change.
    — Ruth E. Carter, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 May 2023
  • Plus, the leggings have two side pockets to store small items like keys, small change, and a phone.
    — Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Stick with that small change for 30-days to establish the habit, then plot your next change.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 17 Dec. 2021
  • This is just a small change in the upper-level pattern.
    — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2019
  • Even small changes to vision can increase the risk of falling.
    — Healthy Aging Leadership Team, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 13 Sep. 2019
  • The groundswell of calls to regulate Big Tech today is no small change.
    — Justin Sherman, Wired, 13 Oct. 2021
  • There have been small changes to the spices and aromatics added since his time, but the technique is always the same.
    — Adrienne Cheatham, CNN, 3 Mar. 2024
  • What seems like small change now, looking in the rearview mirror of life, seemed like big dollars at the time.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 28 Nov. 2019
  • The look of the new shop, however, does represent a small change for the business.
    — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2023
  • But a small change in oil prices — about 30 cents per barrel — could eat up that $20 million.
    — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Teach children to try their best, and remind them that even small changes can make the world a better place.
    — Allyson Shaw, National Geographic, 17 June 2019
  • But the increase is a small change in a complex and highly variable process.
    — Steven Koonin, WSJ, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The violence has brought a thousand small changes, as well.
    — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2019
  • The computer makes a small change to the key, and a decryption score results.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2023
  • There are some small changes throughout some of the tabs as well, most notably to the System settings.
    — Michael Simon, PCWorld, 6 Aug. 2018
  • But Daniel is interested in keeping the town and hopes to make small changes.
    — Hollie Silverman, CNN, 18 June 2019
  • The state had 254 filings, showing that even a small change in the small state can have a big impact on its ranking.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 3 May 2021
  • The comfort levels of the new version of these headphones is the same apart from a small change to the texture of the plastic used for the headband.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2021
  • Remember, new habits start with small changes, not big moves.
    — Tara Parker-Pope, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2020
  • Often a small change can have a big impact on your estate plan.
    — Christine Fletcher, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2021
  • But the brain functions well within a narrow range of temperatures and even small changes can affect it.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN, 19 June 2024
  • Herzog has already started to make small changes to the text: Dialogue about Facebook is now about Instagram, where parents more often converse these days.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2024

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