technicality
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He’s trying to get her papers, and there was a technicality in there—she had crossed over and not said it and is getting deported.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
When you can’t win on the merits, try a technicality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
“The fiduciary point is the part most people miss, and it sounds like a technicality until it’s your data,” Jeff Judge, CFP at Chesapeake Financial Planners, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 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
His freedom wouldn't be based on some tricky legal loophole or the exploitation of a technicality.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
One trader took to X to complain about the technicalities surrounding this market.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 2, 2026
It’s also possible that the three judges on Texas’ 15th Court of Appeals won’t say that much about the caliber of the state’s evidence, instead focusing its on procedural technicalities or constitutional questions.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2026
But he says he wouldn’t be surprised to see that some people will accept the assumption that Betty Boop enters the public domain next year without delving into the legal technicalities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2025
Second, because of legislative technicalities, high earners will get an approximately 5.4% haircut on their total itemized deductions.
From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025
Technically, I’m not doing anything wrong, not yet, but if the police stop me—well, let’s just say they have an uncanny ability to make technicalities disappear.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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