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minutiae

[mi-noo-shee-ee, -nyoo-, mi-noo-shuh, -shee-uh] / mɪˈnu ʃiˌi, -ˈnyu-, mɪˈnu ʃə, -ʃi ə /


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Big picture stuff can be just as helpful as the minutiae.

From MarketWatch

Having dealt with the minutiae of the tactical approach he switched and started to deal with the emotion of the day.

From BBC

He occasionally overburdens the reader with minutiae of political and organizational rivalries and is more workman than stylist.

From The Wall Street Journal

The stock-market crash led investors to speculate whether poorly designed automatic trading or other market-structure minutiae were to blame for the abrupt selloff.

From The Wall Street Journal

The lineup didn’t include any active college athletes, but let’s not get caught up in minutiae, what would college athletes have to offer about any of this.

From The Wall Street Journal