split hairs
Example Sentences
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Given the bottlenecks, data centers might care more about speed than split hairs about cost.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025
We know that America is fascinated by zombies: “The Walking Dead,” “Fear the Walking Dead,” “Zombieland” and now — even though aficionadoes may split hairs over this — “The Last of Us.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2023
Sometimes decisions also seem to split hairs: The Facebook page for Jones’ Infowars was taken down in August 2018, long before Facebook took broader steps to remove numerous other pages connected to Jones and Infowars.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2019
At some point, could we split hairs so finely that every joke can be found offensive?
From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2018
She was well aware that the “hoorays” made five cheers, not three, but there was no need to split hairs.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
