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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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Starting on this note reduces the chances that your soon-to-be ex will feel dismissed or unimportant.—
Julia Ries,
SELF,
7 Feb. 2025
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In the latter, an anthropology student is consumed by her research on a rare female pharaoh that her colleagues dismiss as unimportant.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA TODAY,
1 Feb. 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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What does revoking Biden's security clearance accomplish other than satisfy a petty grievance of a childish man?—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
8 Feb. 2025
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The purview of his catalogue narrowed, focusing on refining a reputation as a petty king in rap and in relationships.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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But these would seem puny compared with some of the snake species that slithered on Earth millions of years ago.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
28 Jan. 2025
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Looking at the entirety of his career, these little critical riddles are pretty puny.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In a few segments, like one in which toddlers enact a hardboiled film noir plot, the show’s low-stakes humor blends most successfully with its aspiration to tell some small but not trivial truths around things like being a parent, being a sibling, and growing up.—
Vulture Editors,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2025
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This is where seemingly trivial activities can make a big difference.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Cultural battles are waged over single-gender bathrooms, diversity quotas, and female sports leagues — all under the same nominal movement.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
12 Feb. 2025
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That term traditionally implies a nominal or even negligible sum of money, which this was not.—
Shane Harris,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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As such, the economic order treats these security concerns as exceptions to the norm and assumes their impact on overall trade and investment flows will be negligible.—
Geoffrey Gertz,
Foreign Affairs,
6 Feb. 2025
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Washington and Idaho are almost completely dependent on Canadian gas since pipeline connections from other areas are negligible, meaning rebalancing supplies would require major new pipeline construction.—
Michael Lynch,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Picayunish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picayunish. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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