minor role
Example Sentences
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The younger boy, who was 14 at the time of the attack, "played a minor role" in what happened, Benjamin Newton KC said.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
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
Rate expectations have recently played just a minor role in the development of gold prices, the commodity analyst adds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025
Small mammals, sometimes thought to have been an important food source, played a very minor role in her diet.
From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2024
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
