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technicality

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as in subtlety

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Recent Examples of technicality But Hearn fought the case in court and won on a stunning technicality. — Jasmine Baehr , Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026 Because beyond knowing the technicality to sell a property, strengthening skills like persuasion and relationship-building is essential to close multimillion-dollar houses. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 28 June 2026 Last year, Missouri State and Delaware each earned bowl trips based on that technicality, as did James Madison and Jacksonville State in 2023. — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 24 June 2026 However, Italy released him on a technicality, after which he was expelled to Libya, which outraged human rights groups and prompted the ICC to open an inquiry into why Italy released him instead of sending him to The Hague. — ABC News, 22 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for technicality

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subtlety

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They’re just executed here with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer.

— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
That the film mostly pulls this off is testament to its formal precision and to a central pairing of actors, in Lavernhe and Lottin, who manage to find subtlety where broad strokes would seem to be called for.

— Caspar Salmon, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026

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