trivial
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“My polite reply to her email doesn’t amount to anything more than a trivial note,” she said.
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026
The BBC was shown evidence by Nick of how TikTok rated some relatively trivial cases involving politicians as a higher priority for review by the safety team than several cases involving harm to teenagers.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
For the rest of America not versed in the internecine fights of the online right, this situation may seem baffling—or even trivial, given the ludicrous nature of Owens’ claims.
From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026
On Friday morning, Bernadette Joy, 40, and her husband AJ, 44, engaged in what seemed like a trivial couple’s quarrel: where to go grocery shopping that night.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 25, 2026
Sister Miriam Joseph* categorizes the relation of the trivial arts as follows: logic is concerned with the thing-as-it-is-known; grammar is concerned with the thing-as-it-is-symbolized; rhetoric is concerned with the thing-as-it-is-communicated.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
Vocabulary lists containing trivial
Essential Academic Vocabulary for High School Students, List 2
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