How to Use technically in a Sentence
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This one is technically a reboot of the 2014 film of the same name, based on the series by Richelle Mead.
— Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 1 Jan. 2023 -
Yes, these are technically slippers, but the platform sole gives them the look of a stylish clog.
— Nykia Spradley, Glamour, 19 Mar. 2024 -
This is, technically speaking, not the end of the road for Trump on this matter.
— Matt Ford, The New Republic, 2 Dec. 2022 -
Aaron Rodgers and the Packers are technically still in the playoff mix.
— Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2022 -
Each episode is technically two weeks apart, a month apart at times.
— Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2022 -
There isn’t even, technically, a name for the rivalry ... but does there need to be?
— Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2023 -
The new treatments are technically not a cure in the same way a bone marrow transplant would be.
— Dr. Darien Sutton-Ramsey, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2023 -
Denver is technically on the losing side of the ledger.
— Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 17 May 2024 -
The two-door 500e technically seats four, but rear legroom is a rumor more than a feature.
— Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 10 Apr. 2024 -
The block where the monastery sits is technically part of Brooklyn’s 75th Precinct, which has some of the highest violent crime rates in the city.
— Kaya Laterman, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2023 -
While Day of the Dead is technically one day, Mercado notes that the name of the holiday is a bit of a misnomer.
— Samantha Leal, refinery29.com, 1 Nov. 2023 -
The Red Sox keep building out their outfield bleachers and the area around the ballpark — which is technically part of it now.
— Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2024 -
For the technically minded, there is research to be done.
— Yiren Lu, New York Times, 31 May 2023 -
The Raiders are still technically in the AFC playoff race, but turnovers and an inability to run the football have got in the way.
— Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 27 Dec. 2022 -
There is a lot of money in golf, but the PGA Tour is technically a nonprofit.
— WSJ, 6 June 2023 -
With this talent, no one will be able to tell you to shut up because technically your mouth isn't open.
— Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 1 Feb. 2023 -
And while technically they were allowed to pen spec scripts, the consensus is that very few did.
— Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2023 -
Fans may be surprised to know that there technically already is one spin-off of the show called Pearson.
— Maggie Horton, Country Living, 19 Aug. 2023 -
One may be technically accurate, the other, per the city charter of the time, not.
— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2022 -
The sign appears to be on wet sand, which is technically public.
— Karim Doumar, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024 -
There's been no word on the premiere date of the next season of Too Hot to Handle because the show technically hasn’t been renewed yet.
— Temi Adebowale, Men's Health, 29 July 2023 -
Mauna Kea, a shield volcano in Hawaii, is technically the world's tallest mountain from base to peak.
— Jacob Livesay, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2023 -
And technically, this means South Koreans are about to get one or two years younger.
— Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 9 Dec. 2022 -
Although our city is not technically in the mountains, we are still referred to as the Mountain Jews.
— Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2023 -
Fleet managers, as they are called, are technically their own bosses, but John spends his days at the beck and call of the company’s app.
— Amy Martyn, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2023 -
While City hasn’t technically lost in 25 games, it has been knocked out of the competition.
— Ben Church, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024 -
This is technically called an intercalary day, one that is added to the calendar to sync it up.
— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2024 -
The area between the two border walls is technically on U.S. soil but considered a no man’s land.
— Simon Romero, New York Times, 12 May 2023 -
At this stage, the tariffs are technically still just talk, with plenty of caveats and scenarios strewn about.
— Alicia Wallace, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024 -
But all of that counts for little unless there is a steady pipeline of film and TV coming through the gates – or, technically, the flat arch – that welcomes visitors.
— Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
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