problematic

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Now, Oregon Public Broadcasting and ProPublica have obtained documents that reveal the role Dundon played in pushing some of the key company practices that regulators later presented as problematic.

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026

“Tour” becomes “your,” which is problematic when Loveland is on tour—and sending updates to loved ones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

“So if César was exposed as being the problematic individual we now know him to be, then maybe the union and the movement was also problematic and so people stayed quiet.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

The United States called the text "highly problematic."

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

The source of much of this confusion derives from two apparently problematic features of the historian’s enterprise.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton