split hairs
Example Sentences
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She was well aware that the “hoorays” made five cheers, not three, but there was no need to split hairs.
From Literature
Given the bottlenecks, data centers might care more about speed than split hairs about cost.
It might sound pedantic to split hairs about the conspiracy theories that drive extremists like Mohn to do despicable things.
From Slate
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
Democratic lawmakers split hairs over details of a long-debated plan to demolish the crumbling Brutalist headquarters in downtown Washington, D.C.
From New York Times
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