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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
Noun
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The words lacked diplomatic subtlety, but the mullahs in Tehran got the message.—
The Wall Street Journal,
Twin Cities,
6 Jan. 2026
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Narrated by the venerable David Attenborough in the BBC version and the incomparable Sigourney Weaver in the Discovery Channel edition, Planet Earth treats audiences with its high-tech, cutting-edge visuals that encompass both the grandeur and subtleties of Mother Earth.—
Ilana Gordon,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Technicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/technicality. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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