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technicality

[tek-ni-kal-i-tee] / ˌtɛk nɪˈkæl ɪ ti /


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“The fiduciary point is the part most people miss, and it sounds like a technicality until it’s your data,” Jeff Judge, CFP at Chesapeake Financial Planners, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

Had the staff member gone days earlier, as Eckert had originally asked, they would have escaped sanction on a technicality.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

To some employees, the executive’s explanation was a semantic shield, a technicality used to protect the Gates brand.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

The classification may sound like a technicality, but it matters because hundreds of exchange-traded funds and mutual funds base their allocations on the indexes’ classifications.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

His freedom wouldn't be based on some tricky legal loophole or the exploitation of a technicality.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Sticklers will note that “Roughing It” is supposedly nonfiction, but when was Mark Twain ever bound by technicalities, much less facts?

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

One trader took to X to complain about the technicalities surrounding this market.

From MarketWatch Mar. 2, 2026

It’s also possible that the three judges on Texas’ 15th Court of Appeals won’t say that much about the caliber of the state’s evidence, instead focusing its on procedural technicalities or constitutional questions.

From Slate Feb. 21, 2026

But he says he wouldn’t be surprised to see that some people will accept the assumption that Betty Boop enters the public domain next year without delving into the legal technicalities.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 30, 2025

Our life turned into a courtroom drama with two lawyers constantly debating over loopholes and technicalities.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah




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