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nit

[nit] / nɪt /
NOUN
mite
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One nit to pick: Guests are handed a check upon leaving.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

But the Surge’s bylaws are clear that no nit be left unpicked, and so we have to quibble with his framing.

From Slate ● Jan. 17, 2026

But in a standout performance, that was perhaps the only nit one could pick.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2022

If there’s a nit to be picked here, it’s one of pacing for a play in which a couple of sketches move a tad too leisurely.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2022

I learned Schwartzmeister th' Shan-van-Voght before we was through; an' I've got th' German naytional chune be heart,—'Ich vice nit wauss allus bay doitan'.

From Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War by Finley Peter Dunne


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