minor detail
Example Sentences
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The result likely will be a minor detail when Ward tells the story years from now about getting the call after first baseman Freddie Freeman was placed on the paternity list.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026
It is a minor detail for Armella, a background actor in the crime series "High Potential" who is as excited to get the nod as a movie star receiving an Academy Award.
From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026
There’s just one minor detail that hasn’t gone quite according to plan.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
Wednesday’s obsession with her writing and her continued futzing with her novel isn’t a minor detail that’s dropped in for character color and then forgotten.
From Salon • Sep. 6, 2025
He told me he was sorry but it was really a minor detail.
From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus
