How to Use small print in a Sentence

small print

noun
  • Who is the genius that picked the small print?
    — Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 May 2026
  • Anyone selling it as gospel has not read the small print.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
  • Check the small print, and confirm with one message today.
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2026
  • No clauses about mileage, no small print on insurance.
    — Bailey Berg, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Finding cheap car insurance online used to mean endless quote forms and small print.
    — Maria Williams, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
  • But there was something in the small print of that advantage that Steven kept to himself.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Irvine now challenges herself with small print, crosswords, and product labels.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
  • This warning, often found in small print at the bottom of restaurant menus, may look familiar.
    — Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Not because of small print, but because insurance was never available in the first place.
    — Nina Seega, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • With magnification and practice, some could read small print.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Lee also flagged presbyopia — difficulty reading small print — as a key sign.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
  • Lee also flagged presbyopia — difficulty reading small print — as a key sign.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026
  • That’s quite a roster of side effects, like the small print at the end of drug company TV commercials.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • That being said, this idea was tabled in February with more details promised to emerge within the fortnight—no such small print has been confirmed.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2025
  • Peering through a magnifying glass, however, reveals fine details in the small print measuring about two inches by three inches, or about three times the size of a postage stamp.
    — Susan B. Barnes, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2025
  • While their contracts specialist James King was dealing with the small print, Eze circled the Emirates in a car waiting for the green light.
    — James McNicholas, New York Times, 19 May 2026
  • The latest, rather slick, video from Microsoft promoting Windows 11 has small print which shows that the update will cost money in many cases.
    — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • At the time, the 30-year-old designer and illustrator from Liverpool, England, had been running her small print and card business, Palm House Studio, for just six months.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
  • And the government lawyer, again, according to press reports, also argued that Harvard should have read the small print — that the government always has the ability to cancel contracts involving funding if the institution is not following the policies of the government.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025

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