How to Use nit in a Sentence
nit
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There wasn’t much else to nit-pick.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
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But there are sizable nits that could be picked.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
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On the walk home, Panayos picked nits about his team’s tendency to hit pop-ups.
—Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
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The max brightness can now reach 1,400 nits, up from 500 nits.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 1 June 2026
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At 500 nits, the screen stays readable indoors or in bright sunlight.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 28 Sep. 2026
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The screens all top out at 3,000 nits, which is more than bright enough to see even in direct sunlight.
—Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 23 July 2026
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Still, 766 nits peak brightness is pretty good for a cheap TV.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026
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Sure, the energy might feel tense or nit-picky, but the first quarter phase always triggers a sense of friction.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
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All three panels support an always-on mode and reach up to 2,600 nits in brightness.
—Iyaz Akhtar, PC Magazine, 5 Mar. 2026
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Typical brightness gets a bump too, to 300 nits, up from 250.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026
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Believe it or not, the 10a has the exact same screen as the Pixel 10, down to the nit.
—Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 13 Mar. 2026
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Brightness remains at 600 nits with a 60 Hz refresh rate.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Mar. 2026
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Plus, its screen is limited to just 60Hz and has the dimmest 500-nit panel.
—Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 27 Sep. 2026
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Regardless of size, the screen tops out at 3,000 nits, which is more than bright enough to see in direct sunlight.
—Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026
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The screen reaches up to 3,000 nits of brightness that adjusts based on ambient light.
—Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026
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The display is covered by sapphire crystal glass, and gets up to 1,500 nits of brightness.
—Ben Sin, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Both laptops, meanwhile, promise 500 nits of brightness.
—Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 17 June 2026
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This is a big jump from the early version (720 nits full-screen, 1,634 nits 18%).
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 17 Aug. 2026
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At a 10% window size, the HDR brightness reached 561 nits.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026
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While the base model remains at 3,000 nits, the Pro phones have all risen to 3,600 nits.
—ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026
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The display runs edge-to-edge to minimize hardware distractions and can clock up to 300 nits of brightness.
—Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 13 Aug. 2026
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The screen also offers up to 350 nits of brightness, making the colors pop out and the blacks and whites contrast nicely.
—George Yang, PC Magazine, 23 May 2026
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At 300 nits, the screen is perfectly fine indoors, but not really all that great outside in the sunlight.
—Joe Salas august 28, New Atlas, 29 Aug. 2026
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Both screens run at a variable refresh rate of 120Hz and reach their brightest yet at 3,200 nits.
—Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 23 July 2026
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Screen brightness makes a big leap to 5,000 nits compared with 3,000 on the original.
—Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026
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This iPad's screen is limited to just 60Hz and has a lower brightness of 500 nits.
—Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 2 June 2026
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Apple says the iPhone 17e's screen can reach only up to 1,200 nits and lacks a high adaptive refresh rate.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 6 Mar. 2026
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The biggest difference is in maximum brightness, but only by 300 nits.
—Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026
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Each square can be controlled precisely and illumination with up to 3,500 nits.
—Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 5 Mar. 2026
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Its maximum light output is 1,500 nits, which is bright enough to see both indoors and outdoors in shade or overcast conditions.
—PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
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