Example Sentences

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Forget the quibbles about not being pleasing on the eye or too many set-pieces.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

While some of the quibbles with ServiceNow’s latest earnings are more company-specific, including margin impacts related to recent deal closures, other aspects may have wider implications for the sector.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

But Dr. Pazdur’s team raised quibbles late in the review, and Dr. Prasad sided with the drug’s opponents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

And the group commutations, whatever one thinks of them as criminal justice policy, suffered from defects stemming from hasty execution that open the door to legal quibbles and political exploitation.

From Slate • Jul. 18, 2025

For the first time, Lawrence heard a physicist with a solid grasp of subatomic behavior express support for his idea rather than smothering it in quibbles.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik