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

It might sound pedantic to split hairs about the conspiracy theories that drive extremists like Mohn to do despicable things.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2024

We know that America is fascinated by zombies: “The Walking Dead,” “Fear the Walking Dead,” “Zombieland” and now — even though aficionadoes may split hairs over this — “The Last of Us.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2023

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