How to Use nit in a Sentence

nit

noun
  • But there are sizable nits that could be picked.
    Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
  • On the walk home, Panayos picked nits about his team’s tendency to hit pop-ups.
    Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The max brightness can now reach 1,400 nits, up from 500 nits.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 1 June 2026
  • Still, 766 nits peak brightness is pretty good for a cheap TV.
    Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Brightness remains at 600 nits with a 60 Hz refresh rate.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The display is covered by sapphire crystal glass, and gets up to 1,500 nits of brightness.
    Ben Sin, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • While the base model remains at 3,000 nits, the Pro phones have all risen to 3,600 nits.
    ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • With a peak brightness of 108 nits, there is plenty of headroom for the extended dynamic range, which will make for a vivid and intense image.
    Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The Pixel 11 Pro has a peak brightness of 3,600 nits, up from 3,300.
    Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The 13-inch Liquid Retina display is gorgeous, and at 500 nits is just as bright as the Air.
    Dwight Silverman, Houston Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2026
  • At 2000 nits of brightness, the Pro model is built for open spaces where direct sunlight would overwhelm conventional screens.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 20 Jan. 2026
  • This offers a massive maximum peak brightness level of 300 nits, along with superb black levels, enabling it to produce a true HDR picture.
    Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026

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