picayunes

noun

Definition of picayunesnext
plural of picayune
as in small beer
something of little importance our lives don't amount to a picayune in the great scheme of things

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  1. small beer
  2. smoke
  3. small change
  4. zeros
  5. songs
Noun
  • That covers even things like withholding taxes and the administration of those, which sometimes might seem like relatively small beer, but often for some of our members, significant amounts of money.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
  • This is small beer for a government committing genocide (according to the U.S. State Department and other bodies).
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 July 2024
Definition of small beer
Noun
  • The vehicle had heavy damage to the front end and passenger side, a deflated right front tire and thick smoke coming from underneath the hood, according to police.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Some priests appeared to pretend to not notice as Santería followers blew cigar smoke onto statues of St. Lazarus, who is represented walking on crutches and wearing a sack cloth.
    Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of smoke
Noun
  • There will be a small change when everyone looks at the Joey Gase Motorsports logo in 2025.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Those small changes, traveling from person to person, can add up to a big difference.
    Samantha Laine Perfas, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of small change
Noun
  • In a simplified description, quantum computers use quantum bits or qubits instead of using binary traditional bits of ones and zeros for digital communications.
    Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Sensor data came in from the vehicles—zeros and ones representing the track translated into a sea of graphs.
    Roberto Baldwin, Ars Technica, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of zeros
Noun
  • The formative years of Dylan’s career took place in the 1960s, a decade that the artist chronicled and grappled with through his topical songs.
    Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
  • As the executive producer of the in-the-round Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, Walker built the largest theater subscription base in the country, hired countless Chicago actors and took many a busload of seniors back to the songs of their youth.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of songs
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