thorny
Example Sentences
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Her job responsibilities include helping evaluate a particularly thorny type of investment ubiquitous under private equity: assets insurers buy from investment managers that own or partially control them.
Creating a data center with mixed servers that collaborate with each other is a thorny problem that Nvidia solved with software called Dynamo.
From Barron's
Spain's colonisation of the Americas has become a thorny issue in recent years.
From BBC
At some wealth managers, family governance experts help the wealthy plan “Succession”-style retreats to Bozeman, Mont., and navigate thorny money discussions.
The situation was particularly thorny because in free agency, the Raiders had been especially busy thinking that Crosby, who makes $35.5 million a year, was coming off their books.
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