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If a tool gets an order wrong, it isn’t viewed as a legal technicality, it is experienced as a failure in product content, search and customer support.
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Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 20 Apr. 2026
Pyotr Kochetkov was slated to start and took warmups but was unavailable due to a roster technicality.
—CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
The technicality of the climb had forced the duo to carry only the most basic provisions.
—Namir Khaliq, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
That technicality has meant an ever-widening pay gap between ISP and agencies that give raises on officers’ entire salaries.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026
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Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 20 Apr. 2026
Pyotr Kochetkov was slated to start and took warmups but was unavailable due to a roster technicality.
—CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
The technicality of the climb had forced the duo to carry only the most basic provisions.
—Namir Khaliq, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
That technicality has meant an ever-widening pay gap between ISP and agencies that give raises on officers’ entire salaries.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for technicality
subtlety
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But whether this person galumphed, ambled, or dragged herself up the trail is a matter of what subtleties her movement suggested to you.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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In an edition that was all about the subtleties of watchmaking, one had to keep their eyes peeled to get all the subtleties of what the exhibitors at Watches and Wonders packed into 40-something-millimeter formats.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
1 May 2026
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“Technicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/technicality. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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