technicality
noun
tech·ni·cal·i·ty
ˌtek-nə-ˈka-lə-tē 
plural technicalities
1
: something technical
especially
: a detail meaningful only to a specialist
a legal technicality
2
: the quality or state of being technical
Examples of technicality in a Sentence
These cases were dropped because of legal technicalities.
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All of this technicality appears to be moot for residents of Arizona: In April 2024, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a bill making Pluto the state's official planet.
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Rebecca Ramirez, NPR, 22 June 2024
The grant was approved last December, but a technicality the city’s grant schedule meant organizers couldn’t receive the money in time to clear Art and Soul’s existing debts.
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When even the manufacturers sell the stocks explicitly as implements to permit an automatic rate of fire, the majority justices are being willfully pedantic to contradict them and the federal agency charged with regulating firearms on a technicality.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 17 June 2024
In March, Florida’s highest court threw the case out on a technicality.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 17 June 2024
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Rebecca Ramirez, NPR, 22 June 2024
The grant was approved last December, but a technicality the city’s grant schedule meant organizers couldn’t receive the money in time to clear Art and Soul’s existing debts.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 18 June 2024
When even the manufacturers sell the stocks explicitly as implements to permit an automatic rate of fire, the majority justices are being willfully pedantic to contradict them and the federal agency charged with regulating firearms on a technicality.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 17 June 2024
In March, Florida’s highest court threw the case out on a technicality.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 17 June 2024
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“Technicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/technicality. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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technicality
noun
tech·ni·cal·i·ty
ˌtek-nə-ˈkal-ət-ē
plural technicalities
1
: something technical
especially
: a detail that means something only to a specialist
a legal technicality
2
: the quality or state of being technical
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