technicality

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Recent Examples of technicality The technicality of the annulment matters because the way the prenup was drafted, a divorce would’ve left Amy with nothing. Noel Murray, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025 Even with the video secured, however, the case is far from open-and-shut legally: The thin blue line gets awfully blurred as Stéphanie runs into infuriating technicalities and roadblocks from higher-ups. Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 May 2025 The long pause and several other legal technicalities have complicated the attempts of dozens of U.S. companies and property heirs from prevailing in court. Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2025 What if the 2012 Proposition B pension reform approved by voters hadn’t been overturned on a technicality and abandoned by the City Council? U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for technicality
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subtlety
Noun
  • With nuance and subtlety, with grace and deep feeling, Jayson Greene writes about the most ancient of human stories of love and grief, alongside the pressing, hypermodern concerns of the digital age, like artificial intelligence.
    Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 17 June 2025
  • However, working out the best response means delving into the subtleties of how people communicate with one another, such as determining when a direct response is better than a more hedged one.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 12 June 2025

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