small amount of money

Example Sentences

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This is just a small amount of money to these tech giants, but it may become a dangerous precedent.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

You can namecheck a child in your will, even if you wish to leave them a small amount of money or no money at all.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 2025

It stunned and then angered locals, who called the local government tone-deaf for assuming that such a small amount of money could have an impact on such a major decision.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2023

“To the federal government, it’s a pretty small amount of money, but it would make an unbelievable difference to theaters across the country,” Oskar Eustis, artistic director of New York’s Public Theater, told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2023

It was in August when they gave me a lecture, a cheap L’il Abner suit, and a small amount of money, and I walked out of the gate.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey