chump

Example Sentences

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But everyone surely found out immediately after the fact, making her look like a total chump for having just given a sweeping address as the supposed head of homeland security.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026

Of course, $75 million is chump change for Amazon, which makes hundreds of billion dollars in revenue a year from both its online sales and Amazon Web Services cloud unit.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

I feel like we could whip up a Colin-Sings go fund me that would make Bargatze’s 100 grand look like chump change.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2025

Cowen thinks somebody's career might be ruined there on Sunday, from champion-elect to chump for all time.

From BBC • Jul. 21, 2023

I was a pro at filling out a 1040EZ back when I got paid chump change at Baskin-Robbins.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi