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Recent Examples of technicality
The designation is merely a technicality, according to the American Presidency Project.
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Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
Further down the chain from the big money coordinators, recent college football changes are driving assistant salary pools up — sometimes by virtue of a technicality.
—David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 24 Feb. 2026
Top finishers in the Congressional App Challenge were chosen by local judges who evaluated the competing projects on their purpose, concept, technicality, creativity and design.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
The appeals judges in the case, however, said that Judge Everett did take Hardy's neurodivergence into consideration, but dropped a year off of his sentence due to a technicality from a 2017 law on stalker sentences.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 26 Jan. 2026
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Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
Further down the chain from the big money coordinators, recent college football changes are driving assistant salary pools up — sometimes by virtue of a technicality.
—David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 24 Feb. 2026
Top finishers in the Congressional App Challenge were chosen by local judges who evaluated the competing projects on their purpose, concept, technicality, creativity and design.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
The appeals judges in the case, however, said that Judge Everett did take Hardy's neurodivergence into consideration, but dropped a year off of his sentence due to a technicality from a 2017 law on stalker sentences.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 26 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for technicality
subtlety
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Parkes symbolizes this through occasional split-screen shots of skylines slightly misaligned in color and angle; the film has all the subtlety of a sledgehammer, and all the forceful momentum too.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2026
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The earthy subtlety of the beet puree complements the mushrooms, and the crunchy leeks add texture.—
Barbara Ellis,
Denver Post,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Technicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/technicality. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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