split hairs

Example Sentences

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Given the bottlenecks, data centers might care more about speed than split hairs about cost.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

A clear-eyed overview of the nuclear industry and the Japanese disaster doesn’t split hairs over the risk: It can happen here.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2022

Rebecca Onion: Yeah, I hate to split hairs right off the bat but I think a lot depends on what kind of dirt.

From Slate • Oct. 30, 2020

At some point, could we split hairs so finely that every joke can be found offensive?

From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2018

“I mean, wouldn’t you have wanted to meet him, if you’d been alive back then. Way to split hairs, Izzy.”

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng