technical difficulties
plural noun
: technical problems : problems with equipment
This television station is currently experiencing technical difficulties.
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The technical difficulties at this weekend's Oscars follow from last weekend's glitches which marred Jane Fonda's lifetime achievement award speech at the SAG Awards.
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Hawkins’ staff had to move a civil trial to Lake Superior Court in Hammond on Oct. 19, 2023, after technical difficulties stopped them from recording it in his East Chicago courtroom.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
By Sam Reed February 24, 2025 Michael Buckner/Getty Images
Jane Fonda accepted a lifetime-achievement honor at the SAG Awards on Sunday, February 23, and nothing—not even some technical difficulties—could stand in the way of her electric speech.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 24 Feb. 2025
Deloitte declined to comment and referred questions about the technical difficulties to Georgia officials.
—Margaret Coker, ProPublica, 19 Feb. 2025
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Hawkins’ staff had to move a civil trial to Lake Superior Court in Hammond on Oct. 19, 2023, after technical difficulties stopped them from recording it in his East Chicago courtroom.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
By Sam Reed February 24, 2025 Michael Buckner/Getty Images
Jane Fonda accepted a lifetime-achievement honor at the SAG Awards on Sunday, February 23, and nothing—not even some technical difficulties—could stand in the way of her electric speech.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 24 Feb. 2025
Deloitte declined to comment and referred questions about the technical difficulties to Georgia officials.
—Margaret Coker, ProPublica, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Technical difficulties.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/technical%20difficulties. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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