small potatoes
Example Sentences
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Those savings are not small potatoes: The skin substitutes cost taxpayers billions, and the figure has risen dramatically since before the pandemic.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
So far, that’s relatively small potatoes, considering Bitcoin ETFs have some $101 billion in assets under management, according to FactSet data.
From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026
In some ways, it’s small potatoes compared to what’s happening now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2025
Too many small potatoes were swept up in the indictment.
From Salon ● May 15, 2024
Yet it is also true that the very same troubles that loom catastrophically large one day can seem like small potatoes the next, particularly if even worse troubles have popped up to take their place.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
