trivialities

noun

Definition of trivialitiesnext
plural of triviality
as in trifles
something of little importance overlooked such trivialities as haphazardly folded napkins when rating the quality of restaurants

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  1. smoke
  2. zeros
  3. small change
Noun
  • Outdoor air is often suffused with formaldehyde gas from cars, smoke, factories, and oil and gas extraction, sometimes at worrying levels that are predicted to worsen with climate change.
    Sharon Lerner and Al Shaw, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
  • This torch is strong, which helps push the smoke down.
    Andrew Watman, WIRED, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of smoke
Noun
  • Google says that its chip performed a computation in under five minutes that would take today’s fastest supercomputers 10 septillion years - that is 1 followed by 25 zeros.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Septillion is a 1 with 24 zeros after it.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of zeros
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
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