hairsplitting
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But Oedipus is in no mood for academic hairsplitting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025
This may seem like hairsplitting, but it is not without import.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2023
This may sound like hairsplitting, but when it comes to Verdi’s longest opera, less is less, even with a strong cast like the Met’s for this revival.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
They generally involve rephrasing the accusation, then issuing a very narrowly-crafted and hairsplitting denial, while avoiding the central claim.
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2019
One likes to meet now and again a book which forsakes the eternal sex question, or the hairsplitting discussion of ethical or psychological problems, and treats us to simpler and more satisfying fare....
From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by John Galt
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