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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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Key and especially Strong could convey depth and emotion, subtlety, and often weirdness via their small choices and close ups, defining their characters in opposition to the town’s broad-for-the-sake-of-comedy denizens.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2026
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This year’s lineup suggests that subtlety may carry the day, but there is always room for a little theater.—
Oren Hartov,
Robb Report,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Technicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/technicality. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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