problematic
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has also acknowledged using errant figures to justify a fraud probe in New York, deepening concerns in the administration’s methods for identifying problematic activity.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
This reality can be highly problematic for policing and law.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
The BBC contacted the companies behind several of the adverts found to be problematic.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Although the district attorney has admitted that the charge “is extremely problematic from both a factual and a legal basis,” the case is still proceeding.
From Slate • May 5, 2026
Every year they fill out questionnaires on pronunciation, meaning, and usage, and the dictionary reports the results in usage notes attached to entries for problematic words.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing problematic
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