minor role

Example Sentences

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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

Rate expectations have recently played just a minor role in the development of gold prices, the commodity analyst adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

But he continued that the "minor role played by each" of them should have had a "powerful downward impact" on the sentences, and reduced each by two years.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2025

Casparius, a 26-year-old rookie who played a minor role in last year’s postseason’s run to a World Series, became one of the Dodgers’ biggest success stories during the first half of the season.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 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