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technicality

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


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He’s trying to get her papers, and there was a technicality in there—she had crossed over and not said it and is getting deported.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

That’s enough to overlook the technicality that she isn’t a grandma—yet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

“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

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

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

This is the dumbest technicality I’ve ever heard.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

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

Those credits cost banks less but come with technicalities that suck up consumers’ time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

The only other serious candidate, Luhaga Mpina of ACT-Wazalendo, was disqualified on technicalities.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2025

Far from giving up on the “humanitarian” H-bomb, Strauss redoubled his efforts on its behalf in his role of Eisenhower administration spokesman on the technicalities of nuclear policy.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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