How to Use technicality in a Sentence

technicality

noun
  • These cases were dropped because of legal technicalities.
  • There was a lot of technicality because of the fire and the crane.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The hard part is the technicalities that come with the song, like trying to mix it.
    Lucas Villa, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2026
  • In that case, the idea was to try to get Mueller tossed on a technicality.
    Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 26 May 2017
  • The feat does, in a sense, arrive on the back of a technicality.
    Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 24 May 2026
  • But he was denied a place on the ballot on a technicality two weeks ago.
    Kostya Manenkov, Star Tribune, 28 July 2020
  • The technicality of the dances is gonna be secondary.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2025
  • The technicality comes in with the timing of the wins.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 7 June 2026
  • But Hearn fought the case in court and won on a stunning technicality.
    Jasmine Baehr , Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
  • At least this is an argument about a technicality in the law.
    Arkansas Online, 13 Dec. 2020
  • The technicality could result in a dismissal of the case, the judge said.
    Nardine Saad, latimes.com, 8 July 2019
  • Trying to design shots for that scene was a lot of technicality.
    Brian Porreca, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2017
  • Without snow, there is less gear involved and less technicality in the climb.
    oregonlive, 19 Sep. 2022
  • These technicalities didn’t seem to concern most members of the high court.
    Alison Graham Larson, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The league should want an iconic player to remain with his team, not for him to be dumped over a technicality.
    Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • But the law had not been tested in court, and plaintiffs have faced setbacks due to technicalities and the time lapse.
    Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
  • So don’t put too much on the technicality of just one act, and instead think of ~losing it~ as a progression.
    Yerin Kim, Seventeen, 22 Aug. 2018
  • The news of my win came a month later, but it was retracted soon thereafter based on a technicality.
    Time, 10 Aug. 2023
  • At the same time, Rosenstein’s message may have been based on a technicality.
    James Hohmann, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2018
  • The technicality invoked by City’s lawyers clinched the case.
    Tariq Panja, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023
  • This is more than a legal technicality.
    Joseph Morales, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
  • And the Yankees have yet to lose more than two games in a row this season — except on a technicality.
    Wallace Matthews, New York Times, 21 June 2018
  • To have a case of this magnitude decided on a technicality is a tragedy.
    oregonlive, 6 May 2022
  • Then, in what was seen as a huge victory for gay Ugandans, it was struck down by the courts on a technicality.
    David McKenzie, CNN, 10 Aug. 2019
  • The fence was a technicality, and water was the real problem.
    Bradley Babendir, Longreads, 7 June 2018
  • Fans of the long-running game show are up in arms over a technicality that came into play on Wednesday's episode.
    Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 1 Apr. 2021
  • The culprit, though known, remains free on a technicality.
    Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The technicality of the climb had forced the duo to carry only the most basic provisions.
    Namir Khaliq, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Not having a permit is just a technicality.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
  • On technicalities alone, this looks like a serious choice for an electric enduro.
    New Atlas, 21 May 2026

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