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

It might sound pedantic to split hairs about the conspiracy theories that drive extremists like Mohn to do despicable things.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2024

A clear-eyed overview of the nuclear industry and the Japanese disaster doesn’t split hairs over the risk: It can happen here.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2022

Not to split hairs, but I don’t have a nightstand.

From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2020

“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