make small

Example Sentences

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Ackman and his team also may make small “macro” investments with the potential for large payoffs like he successfully did on corporate credit in 2020 and interest rates in 2022.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

So when David was chatting to Victoria, was Coogan left having to make small talk with the other Spice Girls?

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

Eli Lilly will make small molecular synthetic and peptide medicines at the Huntsville plant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

"It is quite remarkable that we are now able to take a receptor from barley, make small changes in it, and then nitrogen fixation works again," says Kasper Røjkjær Andersen.

From Science Daily • Dec. 9, 2025

He smiled, so I tried to make small talk, now that we were able to tuck our aggressive bravado away.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline