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
If you give scientists enough caffeine or other kinds of beverages, you can split hairs about, was that the perfect metaphor?
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 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
He split hairs for three-quarters of an hour on the grammatical accuracy of his text.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
