technicality

Example Sentences

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I grew up just outside Chicago, though “grew up” feels like a technicality.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2025

In recent weeks, however, the spy case collapsed over a seeming legal technicality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

She claimed she was "expelled on a technicality" after years of internally campaigning for the party to treat "sex as a protected characteristic".

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2025

But that technicality didn’t dampen the spirits of Sovereignty’s trainer, Bill Mott, after the race.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2025

Ms. Dale doesn’t care to hear Axel’s reasons for not writing the report based on this technicality.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers