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difficulty

[dif-i-kuhl-tee] / ˈdɪf ɪˌkʌl ti /




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“Those extra words, or the lack thereof, slide the difficulty level of the clue,” Loud said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

The difficulty, he said, is that multiple developers in both the U.S. and China are pushing closer to the technological frontier.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

No one is pretending it's just what Farage tried to joke was a "little, local difficulty".

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

The researchers could not grow the organisms on their own, and A/Prof. Burns says that difficulty may itself reveal something important about their biology.

From Science Daily Sep. 3, 2026

I shivered as I looked—for I could not sleep, and even a prayer came with difficulty.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

"So there are difficulties because they have to first carry out firefighting with high intensity, and second look for water," he added.

From Barron's Sep. 6, 2026

I think people resonate with your vulnerabilities and your successes - saw me cope with the heartbreak of Rio, the Chantelle Cameron loss and personal difficulties.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

Milos Kerkez: Occasionally troubled by Fatawu's pace but never in huge difficulties.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

In other words, a broader attentional field can create difficulties when a task demands concentration on a single goal.

From Science Daily Sep. 3, 2026

Then he asked me to show how the late medieval commentary had attempted to reconcile these difficulties, and I went over that, too.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok




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