minor role

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The younger boy, who was 14 at the time of the attack, "played a minor role" in what happened, Benjamin Newton KC said.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 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

An alumna of what was then called North Texas State University and Howard University, Shepard also had a minor role in “The Wiz.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

Economic data had played only a minor role in the decline.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

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