chump

Example Sentences

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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’m the chump who thought social media could change the world," he told his audience at the Digital Futures Institute.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2024

While that’s chump change for top men’s players, it’s a massive step forward in women’s soccer, where the jump in salaries has been fueled by widespread popularity for the game and its players.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2023

It’s emphatically true that if you cast these norms in that light, you begin to look like a chump.

From Slate • Jun. 21, 2023

I did like the fact that he was now humble, but I didn't like the fact that he was acting like a chump.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds