pittance
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The money was swept into the general fund, where it amounted to a relative pittance — one-fourteenth of the amount collected from personal income taxes in fiscal 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
And bearing the brunt of ever-speedier takeouts are delivery riders scrambling to meet tight deadlines for a pittance.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
Fong has made a habit of searching far afield for Knicks tickets, packing up his family of four during the regular season to sit courtside in Memphis for a pittance compared with New York prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Elon Musk is paying a pittance for failing to disclose his stake in Twitter in a timely fashion.
From Barron's ● May 4, 2026
The fact was that the administration didn’t believe they could do better, not for the pittance they were paying Ulbrickson.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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