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Recent Examples of technicality
The precision, the technicality, the painting of that picture was incredible.
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Lynette Rice, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025
Hernandez has no criminal record beyond that technicality, but faced deportation nevertheless.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
The Chiefs’ pass rush was non-existent, bringing Justin Herbert to the ground only once in the 21 dropbacks — and that came on a technicality.
—Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
The culprit, though known, remains free on a technicality.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
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Lynette Rice, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025
Hernandez has no criminal record beyond that technicality, but faced deportation nevertheless.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
The Chiefs’ pass rush was non-existent, bringing Justin Herbert to the ground only once in the 21 dropbacks — and that came on a technicality.
—Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
The culprit, though known, remains free on a technicality.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for technicality
subtlety
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Written by Noah Oppenheim (Jackie, Zero Day), A House of Dynamite is a film of sturdy direction saddled with a clumsy script that delivers exposition with all the subtlety of a falling piano.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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The actors who began appearing on marquees — Schwarzenegger, Stallone, Willis, Gibson, Cruise — weren’t celebrated for subtlety or transformation or their onscreen bravery, but for their box office clout.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Technicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/technicality. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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