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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Noun
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Of course, a pipeline is small beer compared to the world’s largest island, Greenland, laden with energy resources and rare earths.—
Llewellyn King,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025 -
No one has ever rushed to the theatre for the sake of Hero and Claudio, the secondary lovers, whose wooings and sunderings, though eventful, seem like very small beer compared with the rich flirtatious spirits of the primary pair.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Video showed flames on the plane's left wing and a trail of smoke.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Nov. 2025
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Named after a twice burned and rebuilt legendary tavern in Garrard County, Kentucky, Burnt Tavern Bourbon carries a subtle whisper of smoke, echoing its fiery past in every sip.—
Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Making small changes each day is just one of the moving parts of a much greater moving machine at both companies.—
Claire Dodds,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Even small changes can lead to big results, experts say.—
Jamie Ducharme,
Health,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Their faces formed a triangle around the string of zeroes that would relieve my financial worries.—
Snigdha Poonam,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
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The parade of zeroes began after that.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Save as a collection on MyRecipes Cobblers, sky-high trifles, bundt cakes, cookies – there are so many impressive and delicious desserts for celebrating Thanksgiving.—
Krissy Tiglias,
Southern Living,
28 Oct. 2025
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Elegant trifles that prove a baking fail doesn’t mean failure at all.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Sep. 2025
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But the key reason Nebraska was a hit with staying power is that people heard themselves in these songs.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
2 Nov. 2025
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While filming, Violette has to apply the makeup in stages, adding in songs, transitions and lip-synching to trending audios and songs.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
1 Nov. 2025
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“Picayunes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picayunes. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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