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pale into insignificance

Verb

Meaning

pale into insignificance (third-person singular simple present pales into insignificance, present participle paling into insignificance, simple past and past participle paled into insignificance)

To seem insignificant by comparison to something much more important.
Synonym: pale in comparison

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

For me, science is already fantastical enough. Unlocking the secrets of nature with fundamental physics or cosmology or astrobiology leads you into a wonderland compared with which beliefs in things like alien abductions pale into insignificance. Paul Davies

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