technicality

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

“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 index’s classifications.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

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

Three days after it was filed, a state judge in Bluefield took one look at the case and threw it out of court on a technicality.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Setting the rules is critical for federal legislation, with many things on the table, from the technicalities of how scholarship organizations operate to whether states can impose regulations more restrictive than the federal law.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

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

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

Far from giving up on the “humanitarian” H-bomb, Strauss redoubled his efforts on its behalf in his role of Eisenhower administration spokesman on the technicalities of nuclear policy.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik