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Recent Examples of technicality
The culprit, though known, remains free on a technicality.
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Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
While critics debate legal technicalities, cartels continue flooding our communities with fentanyl and turning Mexican cities into war zones.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Three years later, the Illinois Supreme Court reversed the decision on a technicality.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 13 Aug. 2025
So, on a geographical technicality, the winning streak improved to eight straight.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
While critics debate legal technicalities, cartels continue flooding our communities with fentanyl and turning Mexican cities into war zones.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Three years later, the Illinois Supreme Court reversed the decision on a technicality.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 13 Aug. 2025
So, on a geographical technicality, the winning streak improved to eight straight.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for technicality
subtlety
Noun
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Restraint and subtlety have become her trademarks.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Oct. 2025
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As my colleague Lila Shapiro found in her reporting over the summer, peace has long been made with the trade-off of cheaper, faster output at the cost of subtlety and craft.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Technicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/technicality. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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