minutiae

Example Sentences

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Minutiae of speech and gesture conspire to sour Marcus’s time at the fictional Winesburg College, and behind every misstep is the threat of being kicked out of school and shipped out to Korea.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 1, 2016

Balazs’s title is Chairman of Standard International but he’s clearly retaining the role of Chief Decider of the Minutiae That Matters.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2013

And it puts me in mind of another story Cunningham told me, about a European revival of Minutiae.

From The Guardian • Jan. 6, 2013

Minutiae revealed out of context can even obscure what matters.

From The Guardian • Dec. 23, 2010