trivial
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I know from my decades of work in public health—including at the nation’s largest health department and public hospital system—how often communication is treated as a final, trivial step.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
The impact is muted because it instantly clarifies how needlessly trivial everything before it was.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Whether trivial or urgent, she argues, questions are central to our well-being.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
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
It told when the sun came up, when it was going to set, what time the moon rose and set, and other equally trivial things.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
Vocabulary lists containing trivial
Essential Academic Vocabulary for High School Students, List 2
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"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
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