technicality

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Recent Examples of technicality But these rights should not be conditional on endless technicalities, such as governance reform. Raja Khalidi, Foreign Affairs, 20 Jan. 2025 The judges upheld the law, but reversed the verdict on a technicality (the judge had fined Scopes $100, but according to Tennessee law, any fine over $50 had to be decided by the jury). Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 14 Jan. 2025 Its otherwise macho technicality is dressed up with inset diamonds on the dial and case mimicking the glittering stars in the cosmos. Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2025 For Manuel and others in his position, everything depends on a combination of legal technicalities and bureaucratic processing. Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for technicality 

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“Technicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/technicality. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.

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