How to Use small potato in a Sentence
small potato
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Gee, this is 'small potatoes' compared to what Hillary Clinton did!
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D. Elizabeth,
Glamour,
27 Sep. 2018
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Of course, that write-down is small potatoes compared with what happened nearly 16 years ago.
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Charley Grant,
WSJ,
11 Dec. 2018
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All are terrible and the size of those schemes may make the cannabis industry scandals look like small potatoes.
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Debra Borchardt,
chicagotribune.com,
6 Sep. 2019
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This method works well with nearly all small potatoes – from little red potatoes to fingerlings.
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Jeanmarie Brownson,
charlotteobserver,
26 June 2018
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Still, Monday's weather was small potatoes compared to what will hit the region in a couple days.
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Dale Kasler and Benjy Egel,
sacbee,
26 Feb. 2018
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Monday's weather was small potatoes compared to what will hit the region late Wednesday.
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Dale Kasler and Benjy Egel,
sacbee,
27 Feb. 2018
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That will seem like small potatoes to someone paying some 45 percent more for premium fuel.
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National Geographic,
20 May 2016
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Most of the plates – from the small potato pittas to a showstopper slab of Dorset lamb – are made for sharing, and bear the charred, smoky marks of the flame.
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The Week Uk,
TheWeek,
12 Mar. 2026
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Now that’s no small potatoes, but even more astonishing is that this could be the wettest air mass on record in central California.
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Matthew Cappucci,
Washington Post,
5 Apr. 2018
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In light of the financial industry scandals that followed, the Keating one was small potatoes.
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Elizabeth Drew,
The New Republic,
1 June 2018
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For the perfect crunch, smash small potatoes before roasting and for a creamy treat; try simmering celeriac in milk before mashing.
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Plum Organics®,
Bon Appetit,
1 Apr. 2017
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So considering some of those previous actions, what Mayfield did seems like small potatoes.
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Tim Griffin,
ajc,
20 Nov. 2017
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That’s small potatoes compared to, say, beauty or gaming influencers boasting tens of millions of followers.
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Erin Griffith,
WIRED,
12 June 2018
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That’s small potatoes in a $3 trillion annual federal budget.
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Alex Theodoridis,
Washington Post,
12 Jan. 2018
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Those numbers make any emergency funding for disaster relief or military stimulus look like small potatoes.
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Emily Stewart,
Vox,
21 Oct. 2018
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But these titans of industry are still small potatoes in the e-cigarette world, with their vapes consistently losing out to new-kid-on-the-block, Juul.
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Rachel Becker,
The Verge,
21 Nov. 2018
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Maybe to you, Lady Bird’s critical, nearly twee grandiosity is too earnest, too small potatoes, too corny, too feel-good, too… adolescent girl?
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Esquire,
23 Feb. 2018
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But Microsoft’s contracts, which exceed $10 million, are small potatoes compared to the agency’s main suppliers.
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Natasha Frost,
Quartz,
15 Sep. 2019
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Image Huckleberry Gold is a small potato, golden within a robe of regal purple, that delivers smooth texture and rich flavor.
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Florence Fabricant,
New York Times,
19 June 2018
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That’s a fine enough interpretation for this cliffhanger and small potatoes compared to the fan theorizing that has followed The Sopranos finale for over a decade.
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Joanna Robinson,
HWD,
20 May 2018
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Meanwhile, all that tariff money is likely to bring an extra $40 billion of duties to the Treasury this year — small potatoes in the context of a $1 trillion budget deficit, but a sizable sum in its own right.
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David Fickling | Bloomberg,
Washington Post,
6 Nov. 2019
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On Thursday, the juggernaut planemaker Boeing announced the introduction of self-cleaning toilets, an innovation that makes the issue of extra legroom seem like small potatoes in comparison.
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Kari Costas,
ELLE Decor,
4 Mar. 2016
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