as in specialized
used by or intended for experts in a particular field of knowledge
although the owner's manual for the receiver was supposedly written for the average consumer, it's filled with technical language
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Recent Examples of technical
Advances in modular assembly and lightweight materials continue to narrow technical barriers.
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Brigitte Bren, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026
The technical details will hopefully match the visuals.
—New Atlas, 21 June 2026
Witkoff and Kushner were on the ground in Switzerland ahead of Vance to begin sifting through the technical details of the nuclear talks.
—Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 21 June 2026
There were four takes of the first song, ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’, with two being aborted because of technical errors.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2026
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Brigitte Bren, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026
The technical details will hopefully match the visuals.
—New Atlas, 21 June 2026
Witkoff and Kushner were on the ground in Switzerland ahead of Vance to begin sifting through the technical details of the nuclear talks.
—Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 21 June 2026
There were four takes of the first song, ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’, with two being aborted because of technical errors.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for technical
Recent Examples of Synonyms for technical
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Utilities, private equity firms, pension funds, infrastructure funds, and specialized renewable developers are all competing for projects.—
Robert Rapier,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
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The concept of producing electricity from ion movement is not new, and as Kim explained, electric eels use a similar principle in nature, generating electrical bursts by controlling ion flow across specialized cells known as electrocytes.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
21 June 2026
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Super Bowl veteran Matthew Stafford, on the verge of his 18th season, will get limited snaps in the offseason, leaving Bennett and Simpson to take additional first-team snaps.—
Mike Griffith,
AJC.com,
21 June 2026
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While the numbers of comedies on the ballot stayed almost level with last year (up very slightly to 71 from 69), dramas dropped from 126 in 2025 to 110 this year, and limited/anthology series are down to 31, from 44 last year.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
20 June 2026
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The talks will include US Vice President JD Vance, Jared Kushner and the US special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff.—
Mitchell McCluskey,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
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No one enters without a hotel reservation or special pass.—
Gabriela Aoun Angueira,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
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“Technical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/technical. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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