minor role
Example Sentences
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Overwhelmingly, recent sales have been to investors, Vorzimer said, raising the possibility that investors will play an increasing, though still minor, role in the ongoing recovery.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
Petrovich agreed that "coal plays a minor role in Italy's power mix and this won't change going forward".
From Barron's ● Mar. 31, 2026
Economic data had played only a minor role in the decline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
His big-screen debut came in 1960 with a minor role in Tall Story, where he found himself working alongside Jane Fonda.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2025
In the Spanish conquest of the Incas, guns played only a minor role.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
