technicality
Example Sentences
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Had the staff member gone days earlier, as Eckert had originally asked, they would have escaped sanction on a technicality.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
To some employees, the executive’s explanation was a semantic shield, a technicality used to protect the Gates brand.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
The classification may sound like a technicality, but it matters because hundreds of exchange-traded funds and mutual funds base their allocations on the indexes’ classifications.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
I grew up just outside Chicago, though “grew up” feels like a technicality.
From Salon • Dec. 7, 2025
“I don’t want to risk them sending you back on a technicality, even for a few weeks, but there’s no reason Grace can’t come to our house.”
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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