bit player

Example Sentences

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Xu is a bit player in what has become one of the biggest segments of China’s labor market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025

Eberl said in the summer that Tel would feature more this campaign, but he has found himself in the role of a bit player.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2025

Perhaps nothing better illustrated the Bruins’ offseason makeover than the mainstay from a year ago being relegated to a bit player as part of this new ensemble cast.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2024

Back in 2007, Heighberger was a bit player in a relatively trivial, albeit troubling, instance of government deception.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2024

He could have been a bit player on a Saturday morning children’s show.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee