picayunes

noun

Definition of picayunesnext
plural of picayune
as in small beer
something of little importance our lives don't amount to a picayune in the great scheme of things

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  1. small beer
  2. smoke
  3. small change
  4. zeros
  5. songs
Noun
  • That covers even things like withholding taxes and the administration of those, which sometimes might seem like relatively small beer, but often for some of our members, significant amounts of money.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
  • This is small beer for a government committing genocide (according to the U.S. State Department and other bodies).
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 July 2024
Definition of small beer
Noun
  • In Grand County, sustained winds in the 25 to 35 mph range and gusts up to 50 mph continued to push the fire, with billowing plumes of smoke rising on its north side.
    Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
  • The band was often obscured by clouds of smoke, and stark, colorful lighting.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of smoke
Noun
  • Obama said progress is made by making small changes over time and repeatedly urged the crowd to get out and vote.
    John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, 23 Oct. 2024
  • During those first 380,000 years, small changes in the density of the electron-proton-light plasma that filled space spread as sound waves, just as sound propagates through the air in a room.
    Marc Kamionkowski, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of small change
Noun
  • Imbued with symbolism in many cultures around the globe, the number is also a nod to the binary number system — made of ones and zeroes — which is the basis for today’s computers and everything digital.
    Lily Templeton, WWD, 30 Sep. 2024
  • This led her to the zeros of trace phi cubed.
    Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
Definition of zeros
Noun
  • Compare your picks with Pitchfork’s own lists of the best songs and best albums of the 2020s so far, and check out all of our half-decade coverage here.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2024
  • As the world continues to listen to Guts and the songs featured on it, one of Rodrigo’s earliest singles is back on the Billboard charts—one, in particular.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of songs
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