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
Economic data had played only a minor role in the decline.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
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
The discovery sets up a grudge match with Ahearn and his partner, who are assigned to investigate the death, sidelining Stilwell to a minor role in the process.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 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
