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Examples of pernickety in a Sentence
an Oxford don who's definitely a pernickety old chap
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Perhaps this pernickety attention to detail is just the next logical step after years of falsification?
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Raven Smith, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2020
Raven Smith, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2020
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“Pernickety.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pernickety. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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