How to Use chump change in a Sentence

chump change

noun
  • Trump’s second term could make that total look like chump change.
    — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Hardly chump change, even in New York.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
  • So many of these kids come from poverty and may have been happy with chump change at one time.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Hey, that’s chump change for a golfer who has made more than $32 million this year.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2023
  • And today’s parting shot amounts to chump change for a billionaire.
    — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 5 Oct. 2019
  • And at the end of the day, $28 to $35 billion dollars is not chump change.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Dec. 2020
  • And at the end of the day, $28 to $35 billion dollars is not chump change.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Dec. 2020
  • In the Facebook universe, this is the chumpiest of chump change.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Half a million bucks is chump change, of course, for someone who is perhaps the richest person in the world.
    — Gary Marcus, Fortune, 3 June 2022
  • But that’s chump change compared to what the 39 private residences here cost.
    — Katie Jackson, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2023
  • If Tatis comes close to reaching his potential, by the end of his term his contract will be chump change.
    — Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2021
  • Still, nearly $15 million per year for the next two years isn’t exactly chump change.
    — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
  • To be sure, $200 million is chump change in the fantasy land of pop culture.
    — Terry Teachout, WSJ, 13 Feb. 2019
  • But compared to the terrifying scale of the problem, the spending has been chump change.
    — Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 18 Jan. 2021
  • But compared to the terrifying scale of the problem, the spending has been chump change.
    — Clive Thompson, Wired, 17 Jan. 2021
  • For a family that made nearly three-quarters of a million dollars a year, that’s chump change.
    — Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, 5 Dec. 2020
  • The logical conclusion is that giving chump change to people in dire straits won’t help them very much or for very long.
    — WSJ, 27 July 2022
  • In shipbuilding, that amount of capital investment is no more than chump change.
    — Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • But the deal’s dollar amount — arguably chump change in the sports world of billions — was less important to him than tradition.
    — Dallas News, 9 Feb. 2023
  • But even that is chump change relative to the $97 trillion agenda Sanders campaigned on.
    — Andrew Follett, National Review, 28 Mar. 2021
  • That’s gonna make Jeremy Maclin’s old deal and Dwayne Bowe’s old deal look like chump change by the time that rolls around.
    — Terez A. Paylor, kansascity, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Tickets are relatively cheap All things considered, $153 to sit in the very front row of a huge wrestling show is chump change.
    — Brandon Howard, chicagotribune.com, 12 May 2018
  • At nearly $200, this puffer jacket isn't chump change, but like all Ugg pieces, the brand's outwear is built to last many frigid winters, keeping you toasty for years to come.
    — Claire Harmeyer, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2022
  • About $30 million has been raised as part of a recent rounding of funding — not chump change but a small fraction of, say, the $800 million-plus Runway has raised.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2026
  • The original Toxic Avenger was made for chump change and wore its low-budget nature proudly, while this version, which was shot in Bulgaria in 2021 and involves both practical and digital effects, tries to evoke that ragged aesthetic while working with more resources.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025

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