pittance
Example Sentences
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And she warned that even the benefit of a free apartment cleaning is "a pittance" compared to the potential profit that could be made compiling and selling valuable datasets.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
Fong has made a habit of searching far afield for Knicks tickets, packing up his family of four during the regular season to sit courtside in Memphis for a pittance compared with New York prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Elon Musk is paying a pittance to settle a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit that said he failed to timely disclose his stake in Twitter as he was preparing to buy it in 2022.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
Spotify has long been criticized by musicians, songwriters and artists’ rights groups, who have accused the company of paying a pittance to most of the working artists whose songs appear on its platform.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2025
She survived on the pittance the Kane family paid to keep her quiet, probably with extra support from family and old friends.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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