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Recent Examples of technicality
Last election, his coalition received just 48.4 percent of the vote, attaining a parliamentary majority only because of a technicality in Israel’s electoral system.
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Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 17 July 2025
Meze says the 105 Silva sound signature is a new take on the company’s usual characteristics, including the technicalities of 109 PRO combined with the warmth and versatility of 105 AER.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Like Ornelas, Vargas resented that León had been removed from the Club World Cup on a technicality.
—Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 17 June 2025
In 1990, Congress strictly limited the use of the law to very specific circumstances, and in 1996, U.S. District Judge Maryanne Trump Barry—the president’s late sister—struck down the law (the opinion was later overturned on a technicality).
—Elizabeth N. Saunders, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2025
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Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 17 July 2025
Meze says the 105 Silva sound signature is a new take on the company’s usual characteristics, including the technicalities of 109 PRO combined with the warmth and versatility of 105 AER.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Like Ornelas, Vargas resented that León had been removed from the Club World Cup on a technicality.
—Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 17 June 2025
In 1990, Congress strictly limited the use of the law to very specific circumstances, and in 1996, U.S. District Judge Maryanne Trump Barry—the president’s late sister—struck down the law (the opinion was later overturned on a technicality).
—Elizabeth N. Saunders, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for technicality
subtlety
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Sugar was also used to prepare subtleties—edible sculptures made out of marzipan.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 July 2025
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There’s a subtlety to what makes this tour so successful that really does have something to do with volume, or the appearance of it.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
13 July 2025
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“Technicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/technicality. Accessed 15 Aug. 2025.
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