technicality

Example Sentences

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Some residents claim East Lothian Council ignored a petition with 7,000 signatures on a "technicality," while an initial consultation attracted hundreds of objections.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

The way he saw it, the Swedes were trying to win by technicality instead of skill on the ice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

I grew up just outside Chicago, though “grew up” feels like a technicality.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2025

She claimed she was "expelled on a technicality" after years of internally campaigning for the party to treat "sex as a protected characteristic".

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2025

His freedom wouldn't be based on some tricky legal loophole or the exploitation of a technicality.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson