splitting hairs
Example Sentences
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The new Fed chairman, Kevin Warsh, has said he isn’t interested in splitting hairs, adding that he prefers to focus on how the inflation rate looks “to the left of the decimal point.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
But this is splitting hairs when everything else swirling around them is so utterly dreadful.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2024
While it may seem like splitting hairs to re-classify two populations of snakes that look identical to one another, Fry emphasizes how important such delineations can be for understanding the threats posed to these creatures.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 16, 2024
It would also be an affirmation that, when it comes down to splitting hairs, great awards ceremonies should be about celebration of greatness in toto, not simply as a zero-sum game.
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2023
This logic may seem like splitting hairs, like an argument as mystical as Newton's “ghosts,” but in reality it’s not.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
