small amount of money

Example Sentences

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This is just a small amount of money to these tech giants, but it may become a dangerous precedent.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Just a small amount of money traded by investors can move the market — $2.5 million versus a $12 million year-to-date average, he noted.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

The book documents the pair eventually walking the full 630-mile route, living off a small amount of money in weekly tax credits each week, and wild camping every night.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2025

“To the federal government, it’s a pretty small amount of money, but it would make an unbelievable difference to theaters across the country,” Oskar Eustis, artistic director of New York’s Public Theater, told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2023

The district had given us a small amount of money as compensation for his death, enough to cover one month of grieving at which time my mother would be expected to get a job.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins