technicality
Example Sentences
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In recent weeks, however, the spy case collapsed over a seeming legal technicality.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
He was relased from detention weeks later on a technicality.
From BBC • May 26, 2025
Although a technicality kept "Wicked"'s music from receiving recognition in the way it deserved on Oscar night, it doesn't strip Erivo, Grande and even Bailey's originality in their star-making performances.
From Salon • Mar. 2, 2025
Mr Najim was arrested in Italy on 21 January and unexpectedly freed days later "due to a legal technicality", the interior ministry said.
From BBC • Jan. 28, 2025
At the very last second, just as Charles was nearing victory, the batty billionaire disqualified him on a trumped-up technicality.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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