problematic
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Even oil is less problematic for local companies that don’t ship goods overseas.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
But the investor ban is too problematic to salvage.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
There’s another feature that market participants say could be problematic.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
The law also contains problematic exemptions for certain categories of plastic foodware, they say.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
The problematic patriotism of the Quaker petitioners was, Smith agreed, reprehensible.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing problematic
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