picayune
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Sadly, the circumstances of our birth also sentenced us to put up with picayune, ornery, solipsistic types like him.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
In the Ackman-verse, where the Pershing Square Capital founder has bet billions of dollars on and against companies including Hilton and Google parent Alphabet, the focus of his social media takedown might appear downright picayune.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
Some of the improvements Caplan counsels can seem picayune, such as insulating on-site work trailers, reducing idling, encouraging construction workers to use transit, and swapping out containers for open-bed shipping.
From Slate ● Dec. 6, 2021
It is cluttered with the unruly archives of Mama Tina, Glasgow’s mother and co-missionary, and it can seem picayune.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2018
I made the mistake of saying we were back to the picayune grind.
From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson
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