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Recent Examples of technicality
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.
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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
Luigi Mangione's fate could hinge on a legal technicality as his defense team argues that a recent federal court decision could potentially pull the rug out from under the Justice Department's murder charge.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026
However, courts nullified the FTC ruling on a technicality in July 2025–just days before it was set to go into effect.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 15 Jan. 2026
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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
Luigi Mangione's fate could hinge on a legal technicality as his defense team argues that a recent federal court decision could potentially pull the rug out from under the Justice Department's murder charge.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026
However, courts nullified the FTC ruling on a technicality in July 2025–just days before it was set to go into effect.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 15 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for technicality
subtlety
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Other subtleties during this Knicks defensive 180 include Landry Shamet rounding into form since missing time with a shoulder injury.—
James L. Edwards III,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Many of the shows opened with several looks of total black, where the focus becomes about subtleties in texture, fabrics and draping to make a statement.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Technicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/technicality. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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