trivial
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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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Essential Academic Vocabulary for High School Students, List 2
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"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
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