pittance

Example Sentences

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But the new funding is a pittance compared to some of his rivals.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

A private real-estate firm has sought to buy Pinnacle’s rent-stabilized apartments in bankruptcy for a pittance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

Spotify has long been criticized by musicians, songwriters and artists’ rights groups, who have accused the company of paying a pittance to most of the working artists whose songs appear on its platform.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 16, 2025

Months later he return to his home region as a member of the British expedition, paid a daily pittance of just a few Nepali rupee coins.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

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