as in problems
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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 glitches
In addition to the technological glitches, there were errors and omissions in the test questions, leading the California Supreme Court to order that the State Bar exams in July be conducted the old way.
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Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
Schools previously tolerated occasional downtime, slow response times, and other glitches as acceptable inconveniences.
—Ray Ravaglia, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
The Voyager probes’ future As the Voyager probes age, the mission’s engineers have become increasingly creative in solving unanticipated problems, including communication blackouts and other glitches, across vast cosmic distances.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
The optics and timing of the glitches, though, were far from ideal.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025
Zoe and Mio set off on an epic adventure in which each level alternates between their genre of choice, searching for glitches that can take Rader down for good.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 4 Mar. 2025
Unfortunately for many Hulu subscribers, both ends of the 3-hour, 45-minute telecast were the exact points when they got blocked from accessing the show due to technical glitches.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025
The tradeoff, though, is that glitches sometimes occur.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025
There were glitches at the beginning of the show, and some subscribers did not see the finish, when their feed was abruptly cut off shortly before the best actress and best picture awards were given out.
—John Koblin, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2025
Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
Schools previously tolerated occasional downtime, slow response times, and other glitches as acceptable inconveniences.
—Ray Ravaglia, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
The Voyager probes’ future As the Voyager probes age, the mission’s engineers have become increasingly creative in solving unanticipated problems, including communication blackouts and other glitches, across vast cosmic distances.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
The optics and timing of the glitches, though, were far from ideal.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025
Zoe and Mio set off on an epic adventure in which each level alternates between their genre of choice, searching for glitches that can take Rader down for good.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 4 Mar. 2025
Unfortunately for many Hulu subscribers, both ends of the 3-hour, 45-minute telecast were the exact points when they got blocked from accessing the show due to technical glitches.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025
The tradeoff, though, is that glitches sometimes occur.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025
There were glitches at the beginning of the show, and some subscribers did not see the finish, when their feed was abruptly cut off shortly before the best actress and best picture awards were given out.
—John Koblin, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Glitches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glitches. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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