cavil

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The basic arithmetic itself is subject to cavils resulting from the murkiness of some of the cost calculations and projections.

From Los Angeles Times

Among its cavils are that the AI-produced images have flaws that would have been caught by human animators, and also that Coke hasn’t accommodated “its customers’ aversion to AI.”

From Los Angeles Times

This proposal generated cavils in the chattering classes that it would drive home prices up to absorb the $25,000 grant, putatively keeping homes out of the reach of the beneficiaries.

From Los Angeles Times

What artist would want to tap into the flow of my caviling thoughts in the middle of a performance?

From Los Angeles Times

For all the cavils about cookie-cutter proposals, there was a refreshing diversity in the social-media pitches of the candidates.

From New York Times