How to Use minutia in a Sentence

minutia

noun
  • Stevens said a few things that at the time passed as press conference minutia.
    Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 15 June 2022
  • That way, the buyers know the best gear to carry, and sales staff can talk minutia with customers.
    Ryan Stuart, Outside Online, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Teresa Williams stood in the still morning, looking at the minutia of her life laid bare.
    Travis Dorman, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2020
  • No minutiae in these stories is left out as the film builds the legend.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 20 June 2023
  • Warm in a way that’s detectable in the minutiae of vocal cadences and the crinkle of a smile.
    Alana Massey, Curbed, 22 June 2018
  • Emerick is ready for the onslaught of minutia that's sure to come.
    Jeffrey Lee Puckett, The Courier-Journal, 22 May 2018
  • The heart of the play, though, lies in the minutiae: the coffee maker, the intricacies of a bass line, how to tune a snare drum.
    Vulture, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The minutia doesn’t matter if the players don’t believe.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2019
  • Collins pays close attention to the minutiae of love lost.
    Diamond Sharp, Slate Magazine, 7 Feb. 2017
  • Don't let the minutiae or the moment(s) get to you before, during or after the wedding.
    Bill Daley, chicagotribune.com, 8 May 2017
  • Watching this kid go to school every day and push past all the minutiae and challenges to get there was very special to me.
    Kevin Rector, baltimoresun.com, 18 May 2018
  • The writers weren’t the only ones focused on getting the minutiae right.
    Eric Schultz, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Tee up alerts and reminders and write out or type notes, detailed schedules and to-do lists for big projects and office minutia.
    Ray A. Smith, WSJ, 31 Jan. 2021
  • While new tools will change the minutiae of how the XM30 operates, the overall role of the vehicle will be the same as the Bradleys it is designed to replace.
    Kelsey D. Atherton, Popular Science, 28 June 2023
  • Close associates from his Tainan days describe him as solemn and focused on the minutia of policies.
    Vic Chiang, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2024
  • And their heads were filled with the minutia of the scandals and subplots of the day as provided to them by conservative media.
    Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2020
  • All the minutia our brains have been trained to take in and react to have been altered dramatically.
    ABC News, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Cramming for games, pouring over practice film and handling all the minutia that comes his way as Lions coach.
    Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2017
  • For now, the industry can focus on the minutia of who gets nominated, in what promises to be a big year for HBO.
    Brian Lowry, CNN, 11 July 2023
  • The minutia added up to a major part of my mother's history, and, by extension, my own.
    Rebecca Soffer, ELLE Decor, 18 Sep. 2015
  • It’s these touches which help keep readers turning the pages even when the subject matter threatens to drown in its own minutia.
    Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Everybody wants the big power instead of the little details, the minutia.
    Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 4 Sep. 2017
  • That said, the author sometimes gets lost in the weeds and, in spots, the level of inside-the-Beltway minutia is likely to be off-putting for the general reader.
    David Holahan, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Forget the overwhelming minutiae and the drudgery of having dozens of line items on your budget to keep track of because that’s likely what bored you to tears in the past.
    Bernadette Joy, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • All the right minutia moments seem to be playing on repeat for these A’s, and as September wanes the big picture gets bigger and, yet, is fuzzy.
    Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2019
  • This need to let the uncomfortableness fester and relish the minutia has long been part of Safdie’s career ethos.
    Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • But as Felix soon points out, taking care of the minutiae of life is work too: fixing a roof, cooking, cleaning.
    Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 14 July 2023
  • The details and the minutia needed to be mastered for working in health policy doesn't faze Wilson.
    Werner Trieschmann, Arkansas Online, 7 Aug. 2022
  • In contrast to Peterson, Justin Roczniak is a wonk who likes to riff on the minutiae of city planning.
    Shaan Amin, The New Republic, 2 July 2019
  • The art of abstraction lies in knowing what is essential and what is minutia, what is signal and what is noise, what is trend and what is wiggle.
    Quanta Magazine, 3 Apr. 2019

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