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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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This is not to say that the context in which statistics is applied is unimportant.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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Though there’s no official acknowledgment that the theory is sound, the series dropped hints all season, including calling the ship heaven, giving max a twin, having Avery panic over a (false) pregnancy and killing off unimportant characters.—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
30 June 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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While Lian was staring in the mirror practicing her hows and lows and preparing for her future, Wenyu was sneaking out of prep class more and more frequently to pull petty pranks with her new boyfriend.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 July 2025
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Seventy-five years later, some of the Tribune’s criticisms seem petty.—
Ron Grossman,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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Reps the Royals would have preferred to give him at Triple-A Omaha before his neon numbers at the plate and their puny offensive production converged to accelerate the call-up.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
5 June 2025
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For blockbuster movies, whose budgets now routinely exceed $300 million, California’s puny tax credits can easily make filming in L.A. tens of millions more expensive than in other locations.—
Lane Brown,
Vulture,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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Abandoning a cash cow for an unproven idea is not a trivial undertaking.—
Zain Jaffer,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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Barbie; Mission: Impossible: The Final Reckoning; and F1: The Movie are intentionally trivial.—
Armond White,
National Review,
4 July 2025
Adjective
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Here’s why: Although technical specifications are still being worked out, the new standard could deliver nominal peak data rates of more than 40Gbps.—
Sarah Lord,
PC Magazine,
1 July 2025
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In practice, that has resulted in the actual levies on imports often being lower than the nominal rate initially announced by the White House.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
27 June 2025
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Both titles sold a negligible sum in the week previous, and nearly all of their sales in the latest week were from vinyl purchases.—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
7 July 2025
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There are now negligible claims of mistakes in capital punishment verdicts, partially because of DNA evidence.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
4 July 2025
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“Picayunish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picayunish. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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