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drop in the bucket
noun as in small amount
Example Sentences
This is just a drop in the bucket compared to the onslaught of misinformation peddled by others, particularly within the conservative media circuit.
But when it comes to reining in California’s sprawling black market, experts say it’s just a drop in the bucket.
The money the party has moved into Texas so far, he noted, is just a “drop in the bucket” in such a large state.
John Paul Coonrod, the store's board president and chair, said he told Canty during her visit that the state's initiative amounted to a "drop in the bucket" for what small grocers need to survive.
It’s a drop in the bucket for a former president who has already been fined hundreds of millions of dollars by the New York Attorney General’s Office for fraud.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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