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
Democratic lawmakers split hairs over details of a long-debated plan to demolish the crumbling Brutalist headquarters in downtown Washington, D.C.
From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2022
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
“I mean, wouldn’t you have wanted to meet him, if you’d been alive back then. Way to split hairs, Izzy.”
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
