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particularity

[per-tik-yuh-lar-i-tee, puh-tik-] / pərˌtɪk jəˈlær ɪ ti, pəˌtɪk- /


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A notice issued to the lead claimant in the case, Natalie Barstow, was "unduly broad and lacking in particularity", he said.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

This was tender and not sweet because it was anchored in a particularity the audience needed to hear.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 19, 2026

The West Coast particularity may be a blessing and a curse.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 31, 2024

An interesting particularity of the publication is that both of its first authors are master students.

From Science Daily Apr. 11, 2024

We claimed, among other things, that the indictment was vague and lacked particularity.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Khondji concedes to these particularities, yet he doesn’t think in rigid absolutes.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2025

If his words literally refer to exorcism’s particularities, they subtextually wrestle with faith as a notion, and trickle into broader political life, too.

From Salon Jun. 6, 2025

When the public learned about the particularities of Mackris’ deal in April of 2018, the MeToo movement had changed the public’s perception of NDAs as well.

From Slate Oct. 23, 2024

While this is rather easy in classical computing, it is a great challenge in quantum computing, due to the particularities of the quantum world.

From Science Daily May 21, 2024

It is ever the lot of children to accept their circumstances as universal, and their particularities as general.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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