minutiae

• “What I stumbled to convey by employing the word "minutiae" is the fact that we hardcore these days often have our nose pressed up so tight against the glass that we can't see out the window.”

  Mon Petit Pont Faible, Obscurci Dans Le Brouillard

• “I am afraid that kind of minutiae is not my responsibility, though I admit your name does sound familiar.”

  There Goes The Neighbourhood

• “In most academic classes, a lot of dense factual and conceptual information can come at you rapid-fire, and when one is taking 15 – 19 credit hours, I know that I certainly could not have recalled minutiae from a spare outline, even if I had been fully engaged.”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » Laptops in Class Redux

• “I think a lot of people are, like the 11th circuit, getting caught up in minutiae rather than looking at the big picture.”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » Eleventh Circuit Decision Largely Eliminates Fourth Amendment Protection in E-Mail 

• “The lack of acknowledgment that keeping track of all the mundane minutiae is important.”

  The Other Side Of Anger | Her Bad Mother

• “The writing I love to read is full of details – about people and places, some might call it minutiae, but for me the details are what make the story and the era come alive.”

  Write on Wednesday-Detail Oriented

• “By the way, maybe it’s just me, and maybe my understanding of the abortion coverage minutiae is faulty or incomplete, but the Senate bill’s restrictions actually seem more onerous and draconian than the House (Stupak’s) bill’s language.”

  Matthew Yglesias » Catholic Health Association Head Backs Reform

• “Of course, there's only so much one can include ... and furthering the story was probably more important than getting bogged down (excuse the pun) in minutiae.”

  REVIEW: Flood by Stephen Baxter

• “School officials say they don't list individual fees on their Web sites out of concern for burying parents in minutiae.”

  The Washington Post: Athletic fees are a large, and sometimes hidden, cost at colleges

• “An example of the minutiae might be the slip fielder to Graeme Swann's off-spin.”

  The Guardian: How the finer arts of fielding caught on with England | Mike Selvey

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