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
If you give scientists enough caffeine or other kinds of beverages, you can split hairs about, was that the perfect metaphor?
From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2022
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
Sometimes decisions also seem to split hairs: The Facebook page for Jones’ Infowars was taken down in August 2018, long before Facebook took broader steps to remove numerous other pages connected to Jones and Infowars.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2019
“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
