minor detail

Example Sentences

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The result likely will be a minor detail when Ward tells the story years from now about getting the call after first baseman Freddie Freeman was placed on the paternity list.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

But such a minor detail didn’t bother May.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

It is a minor detail for Armella, a background actor in the crime series "High Potential" who is as excited to get the nod as a movie star receiving an Academy Award.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

Wednesday’s obsession with her writing and her continued futzing with her novel isn’t a minor detail that’s dropped in for character color and then forgotten.

From Salon • Sep. 6, 2025

He told me he was sorry but it was really a minor detail.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus