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trivial

[triv-ee-uhl] / ˈtrɪv i əl /


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Whether trivial or urgent, she argues, questions are central to our well-being.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

These predicted increases in job exits for middle- and highly exposed workers are not at all trivial and are occurring at a sensitive time given that looming Social Security shortfall.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

James Orr from Friends of the Earth said 50,000 dead fish was "not a trivial amount".

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

But increasingly, I find myself getting bugged by a lot of things, no matter how trivial they are in the grand scheme.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

Or she does remember them, but in a minor way, as if remembering a game, or a single prank, a single trivial secret, of the kind girls tell and then forget.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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