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trivial

[triv-ee-uhl] / ˈtrɪv i əl /


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These predicted increases in job exits for middle- and highly exposed workers are not at all trivial and are occurring at a sensitive time given that looming Social Security shortfall.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

One Bluetooth signal, one app permission, one search-history entry, one fitness-tracker reading, each appears trivial in isolation.

From Slate Jun. 29, 2026

There’s an almost comically trivial air about some sections, such as the four dioramas—doll houses—recreating various White House gatherings via tiny furniture and action figures.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

On Monday in Inglewood, the history was much more fraught, and not at all trivial.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

This feat requires what the early-twentieth-century American writer Sinclair Lewis called a “willingness to sift the sanctified lies,” a chore that is hard enough when the “lie” is trivial.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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