spec
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Meritage, an Arizona-based builder with a roughly $4.8 billion market cap, stands out by building entirely speculative, or spec, homes, which are constructed before a buyer signs a contract.
From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026
A complication was that McLaren were not running the latest specification of Mercedes power-unit, so can expect an uplift when they switch in Australia to the latest spec.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
I’m also picking away at some spec scripts, because I’d love to write a movie that didn’t start as a book.
From Salon • Jan. 14, 2026
The military still lacks the multiyear funding to fully meet its production targets, prompting some officials to ask defense contractors to add more capacity on spec ahead of actual orders.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
“You just getting here don’t mean nothing,” the spec four said.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.