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Adjective
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At this point you may be exhausted by the exploration of picayune facts.—
Razib Khan,
Discover Magazine,
28 July 2012 -
But only a fool would harp on picayune flaws when this rich material is being served with such musical polish and sensitivity.—
Charles Isherwood,
WSJ,
18 Aug. 2022
Adjective
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This is not to say that the context in which statistics is applied is unimportant.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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Though there’s no official acknowledgment that the theory is sound, the series dropped hints all season, including calling the ship heaven, giving max a twin, having Avery panic over a (false) pregnancy and killing off unimportant characters.—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
30 June 2025
Adjective
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Then, the pandemic reduced the schedule to 60 games and Eddie got a piddling 37%.—
Star Tribune,
Star Tribune,
3 Dec. 2020
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Millions of additional claims are expected to stream in from around the country over the coming weeks, while hiring remains piddling.—
Patricia Cohen,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2020
Adjective
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The Moon is opposite Mercury in your sign, and this can trigger petty squabbles.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
12 July 2025
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We can’t be consumed by our petty differences anymore.—
Rob Day,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
Adjective
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Reps the Royals would have preferred to give him at Triple-A Omaha before his neon numbers at the plate and their puny offensive production converged to accelerate the call-up.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
5 June 2025
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For blockbuster movies, whose budgets now routinely exceed $300 million, California’s puny tax credits can easily make filming in L.A. tens of millions more expensive than in other locations.—
Lane Brown,
Vulture,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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Abandoning a cash cow for an unproven idea is not a trivial undertaking.—
Zain Jaffer,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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Barbie; Mission: Impossible: The Final Reckoning; and F1: The Movie are intentionally trivial.—
Armond White,
National Review,
4 July 2025
Adjective
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Here’s why: Although technical specifications are still being worked out, the new standard could deliver nominal peak data rates of more than 40Gbps.—
Sarah Lord,
PC Magazine,
1 July 2025
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In practice, that has resulted in the actual levies on imports often being lower than the nominal rate initially announced by the White House.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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Both titles sold a negligible sum in the week previous, and nearly all of their sales in the latest week were from vinyl purchases.—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
7 July 2025
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There are now negligible claims of mistakes in capital punishment verdicts, partially because of DNA evidence.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
4 July 2025
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“Picayunish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picayunish. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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