minutiae
Example Sentences
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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.
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.
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 Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.