small-time
Example Sentences
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Small-time investors in apartments for short-term vacation rentals also are aggrieved.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2023
Small-time commercial landlords are more likely than Westfield to cut deals with local entrepreneurs.
From Slate • Feb. 8, 2018
Small-time leagues among friends may have payouts in the hundreds, but DraftKings and FanDuel are big business; combined, they made more than $3 billion in 2015.
From Washington Times • Jan. 16, 2016
Small-time telephone companies that wanted to buy Huawei's equipment didn't always have the money to pay.
From Washington Post • Oct. 8, 2010
Small-time, big-time, the Sands, the Stardust—he meant to hit them all, distributing en route “a bundle of confetti.”
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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