nit
Example Sentences
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If investors had a nit to pick with the biggest lenders, it would be with their net interest margins, which remain thin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
But the Surge’s bylaws are clear that no nit be left unpicked, and so we have to quibble with his framing.
From Slate ● Jan. 17, 2026
If there’s a nit to be picked here, it’s one of pacing for a play in which a couple of sketches move a tad too leisurely.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2022
But these guys are serious, and they’re not about to walk the plank just because the Coastal Commission picked a nit or two.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2021
"Daid ez a nit he is, fur sho!" agreed another, a merry-faced fellow with a rotund paunch, over which the band to his pants refused to meet.
From A Maid of the Kentucky Hills by Edwin Carlile Litsey
