- plural of difficulty.
difficulties
Example Sentences
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But Unicef says the true numbers are likely to be higher, given the sudden surge, an overwhelmed health system and difficulties in gathering data.
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2026
“Let’s hope that when we face difficulties along the way, we’ll find the answers.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 4, 2026
Lincoln understood both the promise of freedom and the difficulties of preserving it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026
Despite those difficulties, the analysts said the biggest fans, and the biggest artists, still made the industry investable.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 2, 2026
One could of course adopt the term ‘progressivist’, but that would elide all the difficulties that are associated with the idea of progress.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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