How To Use Nitpick In A Sentence
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Overall, especially in the first half, the exercise feels like an excuse to show off some excellent CGI and some rather ropier effects as well, including one terrible shot that makes Caprica look like it's about three miles across but mainly to fill in some plot holes only obsessive nitpicking fans worry about.
Archive 2009-10-01
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Not sure whether VDH cares to have nitpicky editorial / typo issues brought to his attention or not, but just in case, perhaps he in the first sentence means "abetted" rather than
Works and Days
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February 8th, 2010 at 2: 37 pm barfly says: nitpicker says:
Think Progress » Opposition to gays serving openly in the military has ‘declined sharply’ amongst servicemembers.
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Of course there is still stuff to nitpick.
Times, Sunday Times
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And that little bit of nitpicking is really annoying me.
Just Past the Horizon: The male space is just better hidden | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment
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We talked so far on this call just about a couple of the regions where you may have seen some softening and certainly not to be nitpicky but U.S. comps while very strong, two-year trend kind of decelerated here.
SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
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Posted November 30, 2006 3: 47 PM nitpicker writes: regarding the Best Way to fix Social Security.
Where Economists Agree, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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Well you could say it's a deal of nitpicking by pedantic scientists over detail.
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That is not to nitpick, that is to say he obviously did so intentionally.
Baseball Analysts
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More nitpicky yet, the cartons should not be photographed or filmed, sealed though they may be.
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I make one version as per her recipe, using both breadcrumbs and egg, and one with just breadcrumbs; both are utterly delicious, and much less heavy than my previous efforts, but those with egg are much wetter and more difficult to shape which is presumably why she suggests shaping them with floury hands, and, if I'm nitpicking, have a slightly gloopy texture.
How to cook perfect meatballs
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With his reputation as one of the nation’s foremost younger hair-splitters, Justice Roberts mamboed through the confirmation ordeal, flicking off the cleverest jurisprudential traps set for him by the nitpickiest lawyers in the Senate.
Cronyism on the Court? What a Shocking Thought!
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We need to reach the hiring manager directly, andwe need to open anon-amoeba-type conversation withhim or her by composing a Pain Letter and a resume that speakto the hiring manager's business needs, rather than to the endless list of nitpicky job-ad qualifications.
Liz Ryan: Skirting the Resume Black Hole
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Does anyone on brownstoner ever say anything positive anymore or is all whining, complaining and nitpicking?
Brownstoner
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I hate to nitpick about this, but please, please, can people begin to say "thriven" and "throve"?
That List Of "Democrats And Indys" Backing McCain? It's A Bit Of A Sham.
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Not Don - he's really finicky, nitpicking a lot, going, ‘Oh, could we try that again,’ or ‘Could we change this detail?’
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#36 My nitpicking is form a filmmaker's perspective.
All of The Dark Knight's Broken Records - Box Office Dominance! « FirstShowing.net
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You sometimes have to force yourself to be nitpicking, faultfinding, caviling, hypercritical.
The Fiddler in the Subway
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Unpleasantness is built into the CAG's job as the chief nitpicker of the government.
Indians Of 2010: Vinod Rai
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It is easier to nitpick at our own shortcomings than to fret about faraway problems.
Times, Sunday Times
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Of course there is still stuff to nitpick.
Times, Sunday Times
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It is easier to nitpick at our own shortcomings than to fret about faraway problems.
Times, Sunday Times
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Now when nitpickers of North American or South American nativity complain about the term Americano/a the answer is simply: Of course you are right, but you do know now what country I am from don't you?
Estadounidense?
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The problem with this particular attempt to nitpick, is that YECs/Morris reject mountians of scientific evidence for their dogma.
When Mixing Science and Theology is OK
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[My apologies in advance if any of this sounds like nitpicking or any other kind of killjoy, buzzkill, etc.]
The Volokh Conspiracy » Obama’s Diverse Shortlist
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Bush, the leader of the United States of America, looks like an idiot on TV (once again) and you call it nitpicking?
Think Progress » “He sort of rolled his eyes and laughed.”
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Postgraduate study has a propensity to breeds trolls; in the worst cases, the mode of nitpicking critique (and autocritique) required by academic training turns people into permanent trolls, trolls who troll themselves, who transform their inability to commit to any position into a virtue, a sign of their maturity (opposed, in their minds, to the allegedly infantile attachments of The Fan).
Critique From HereNow
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After months of nitpicking of this kind some movement towards translating words into deeds has at last taken place.
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But to voters, quibbling over whether growth is the right sort of growth looks like nitpicking.
Times, Sunday Times
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If new management can bring innovation and PO workers can get a good deal Mandelson's plan could help get people thinking more about added value, fairness, and building a better tomorrow than nitpicking over short-term trivialities like phoney elections, recessions, and scapegoating the poor.
British Blogs
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I hate to nitpick about this, but please, please, can people begin to say "thriven" and "throve"?
That List Of "Democrats And Indys" Backing McCain? It's A Bit Of A Sham.
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That level of nitpicking is clearly ludicrous, since English grammar is not, despite what the teachers might tell you, an exact science.
Work-Related Thoughts
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Unfortunately, the only people who will appreciate this are nitpicky reviewers and geeky computer users.
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Perhaps this amounts to quibbling with success, but nations with traditions of military victory, must nitpick if they hope to learn from the past.
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| Reply being the notorious nitpicker (and alliterate to boot!) that I am.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Today’s Comic: B-MEN
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One of the first things a true nitpicker learns (in high school English) is that this “wherefore” means “why,” not “where.”
Won’t someone please think of the adverbs? « Motivated Grammar
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The government must thus take its role of an economic statesman and regulator seriously and stop nitpicking at micro levels.
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They select vehicle's most important factor are the chassis want "in a big way", are the solution point of honor, next is the nitpicking comfortableness and the convenience disposes many.
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And my desire to nitpick is practically non-existent, so there's that as well.
Skittledog: [Auto-Response]
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He may start nitpicking over virtually every script point, insisting on protracted creative colloquies with his director.
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I can't remember how old I was when I figured out that the term nitpicking must have come from picking lice nits.
Blisstree
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Oh yeah, if you want to nitpick, you can pick on him when he had 35/17/7, but hey he didn't have enough steals.
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That nitpick is the extent of your substantive rebuttal?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Merrick Garland is no friend of the rights of gun owners
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Well, we have words for people like that: nitpickers, fusspots, pettifoggers.
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They're less lik & # 101 ; ly to nitpick about details that aren't relevant at this stage.
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For a nation of pragmatists this seems like an exercise in judicial nitpicking.
Times, Sunday Times
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One problem nitpicky, perhaps that I have is that here on the comments page, I'm used to "tabbing" from the Word Verification box to the User Name box to the password box and that no longer works - or at least it doesn't seem to work for me.
A Nation Among Nations: America's Place in World History by Thomas Bender
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Even though I still think it's important that the title doesn't include "the" because it gets people thinking about the concept of what a watchmen is and may represent, I should have shown some restraint with the compulsive nitpicking, I admit.
The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 23 (GUEST: Dan Trachtenberg) | /Film
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There is no accepted coaching category called stickler or nitpicker.
NYT > Home Page
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Design is key, and so is nitpicking trained carefulness, a belt-and-braces approach.
Times, Sunday Times
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I'm just giving my honest opinion on this which I think isn't very nitpicky at all, but something along the lines of 'wow that's how they kill the great captain kirk, huh' So put the gun down.
First Look: Leonard Nimoy as Old Spock in JJ Abrams’ Star Trek | /Film
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The ad sounds convincing -- but perhaps being a word nitpicker, the Sun does now 'might not mean much if Sun has drastically cut back due to plummeting sales," Rich Partridge, an analyst at Ideas International, said in an e-mail.
Reseller News
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Nitpicking aside, the new approach seems to have sharpened their pop instincts.
Times, Sunday Times
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I can get down to nitpicking detail, I am pretty fussy about certain things.
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We've already had the delightful suggestion of 'precisian'; now we have 'doryphore' - 'a pedantic critic of minor errors; a nitpicker'.
Times, Sunday Times
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Especially something as trivial as incorrect dress (assuming it’s not something like forgetting to put your trousers on!); this is classic Army RSM behaviour for getting new rookies under the thumb; nitpick. on January 30, 2007 at 11: 37 am | Reply Teeth grinder from the South
Memory Is The Guardian Of Everything « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
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The REAL nitpick is that since there is no Congressionally declared war, we aren’t at war now.
Matthew Yglesias » A Telling Slip on Detainees
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If nitpicking is the best Republicans have, they are in for a very crushing defeat this fall.
RNC hits Obama over Auschwitz claim, Obama camp responds
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And as long as we are in nitpick mode, electricity is hardly sold in a classic competitive market.
Economics for Environmentalists, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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Obviously it wasn't my intent to write an encyclopedia entry on the topic, and your nitpick is an attempt to divert things off-topic.
Abiogenesis and Evolution
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The only small nitpick is that there wasn't more closure to the Ryan/Taylor relationship.
THE OC’s Final Moments | the TV addict
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True audiophiles can probably nitpick and point out the problems, but for everyday computer use and gaming, I find the sound acceptable.
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Whenever I hear someone say they hate Shyamalan's movies, I get really bizarre responses that usually end up in nitpicking, not really any reason to genuinely hate something.
What Happened To The Great M. Night Shyamalan? « FirstShowing.net
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Speaking of productivity (or, if you want to nitpick, reproductivity), I had to cover a post-wide baby shower recently for the newspaper, and it was probably the best method of birth control I have ever witnessed.
Bluemeany Diary Entry
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February 20th, 2010 at 3: 12 pm pags2 says: nitpicker says:
Think Progress » Pawlenty disregards Bachmann: ‘I don’t think anybody’s gonna’ try to ‘abolish or reduce’ entitlement programs.
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Candy: My review process: I read the book, dog-ear any pages with problematic passages, do research as necessary to make sure I’m not talking entirely out of my ass when I’m in nitpicker mode, then write.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » INTERVIEW: Smart Bitches Who Love Trashy Novels
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However, when you start to nitpick at really silly things, then I cannot help but to wonder about motive.
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DonBelacquaDelPurgatorio on Corruption and popcorn nitpicker on A get together to tear it apart
Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » We are all Roger Ailes now
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And what are narrow legalities and nitpicking ethics rules among friends?
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There are so many rules about proper table manners that it would take forever to list every nitpicky item.
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My apologies in advance if any of this sounds like nitpicking or any other kind of killjoy, buzzkill, etc.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Obama’s Diverse Shortlist
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` ` This year it's been a little more difficult in nitpicking little things, and I think sometimes we get guys hesitating.
USATODAY.com
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Hollywood turns brides-to-be into into petty, vulgar, nitpicking obsessives.
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February 20th, 2010 at 5: 03 pm ralph the wonder llama, official spokesllama for the Llama Milk Council® says: nitpicker says:
Think Progress » Pawlenty disregards Bachmann: ‘I don’t think anybody’s gonna’ try to ‘abolish or reduce’ entitlement programs.
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But my line manager is constantly nitpicking about my work and makes indirect threats about my job security.
The Sun
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Given the tumultuousness in many parts of America's foreign policy portfolio, it's easy to nitpick and criticize (which I do frequently), but I have to tip my hat to President Obama's measured and positive comments today following the conclusion of what are officially called the P5+1 Negotiations with Iran.
Steve Clemons: President Obama's Body Language on Iran Is Just Right
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You get an irritated silence, as though you were nitpicking or being a smart aleck.
Times, Sunday Times
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While it's not for a journalist to nitpick a minister's theological credentials, that implication of belated seismic revenge on Haitian children seems defamatory of God.
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I hope that answers any questions you have about the policy solutions supported by Think Progress. nitpicker says:
Matthew Yglesias » Breaking: Michelle Obama Reads Books
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Soames was getting impatient with his daughter's constant nitpicking.
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I know the the fanatic fan nitpicking is annoying, but this is just a matter of internal movie logic.
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