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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

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

From Science Daily ● Apr. 11, 2024

“This claim is embarrassing for want of particularity and speculative in the extreme,” the response said.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2023

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

Its particularities have been taken as generic “religion.”

From Slate ● Jul. 9, 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

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

One final and all-important piece of the Jeffersonian vision transcended the troubling particularities of domestic politics altogether.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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