as in problem
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an unexpected and usually minor obstacle or difficulty
Glitches in the speaker's schedule caused some delays.
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Recent Examples of glitch
That could be an ominous sign for the market, and for the funds themselves as glitches emerge.
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Jesse Pound, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2024
This was a strategy to avoid last year’s chaotic FAFSA rollout, which was marked by major technical glitches and processing delays as the Education Department struggled to implement the simplified 2024-25 FAFSA form.
—Nerdwallet, The Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2024
Newsweek reached out to the Los Angeles County Superior Court regarding the technical glitch on Monday.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
Over the course of the scene, there are VERY SUBTLE digital effects in the rear projection of the city that may at first seem like technical glitches, but will take on something of a more uncanny feel by the end.
—Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
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Jesse Pound, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2024
This was a strategy to avoid last year’s chaotic FAFSA rollout, which was marked by major technical glitches and processing delays as the Education Department struggled to implement the simplified 2024-25 FAFSA form.
—Nerdwallet, The Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2024
Newsweek reached out to the Los Angeles County Superior Court regarding the technical glitch on Monday.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
Over the course of the scene, there are VERY SUBTLE digital effects in the rear projection of the city that may at first seem like technical glitches, but will take on something of a more uncanny feel by the end.
—Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glitch
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If anything, 20th-century fights are emerging as plausible areas of bipartisan consensus, with Republicans seemingly receptive to labor and spending on infrastructure, while Democrats seem more open to deregulation and supply-side remedies to problems like housing and energy.Nate Cohn, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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Thanks to the increasing number of people deciding to adopt their fur-babies, this number is slowly starting to go down, although the problem is still far from over.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
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But perhaps the most shocking issue of all was Swiss engineer Bruno Thurlimann’s conclusion that, under certain rare wind conditions, the building could fall over.Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 25 Dec. 2024
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Oh, Canada’s flashbacks to the generation of anti-war, anti-American radicals are muddled and unconvincing about how personal and political issues collide.Armond White, National Review, 25 Dec. 2024
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Pacifici shares an example where a buyer of a healthcare company inherited regulatory trouble from the previous owner, putting a third of the company’s revenue at risk and exposing it to potential fines.Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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The more scientific term for this phenomenon is venous stasis—this condition occurs when the veins have trouble moving blood back to the heart, straining the cardiovascular system, Mustali Dohadwala, MD, a cardiologist in private practice at Heartsafe Boston, told Health.Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Glitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glitch. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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