problematic
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But the investor ban is too problematic to salvage.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
This is particularly problematic for consumer discretionary companies—those that sell nonessential goods ands services.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
This reality can be highly problematic for policing and law.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
The law also contains problematic exemptions for certain categories of plastic foodware, they say.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
Any reconstruction of the lives of ancient hunter-gatherers from the surviving artefacts is extremely problematic.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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