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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

They can’t atone for the play’s lack of depth, but they bring truthful particularity and a touch of zest.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 16, 2023

The particularity of quantum physics is that if two particles are close enough to each other to interact, they can stay connected even when separated.

From Science Daily Oct. 12, 2023

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

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Cruz, who was defending the potential of U.S. collaboration, was strikingly uninformed about the particularities of what would be a massively high-stakes foreign policy investment.

From Slate Jun. 21, 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

He needs it more than he lets on, and slowly, O’Sullivan’s script reveals that the particularities of “Romeo and Juliet” strike home for Dan in a way he never anticipated.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 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

Grand visions, even ones that prove as prescient as Washington’s, must nevertheless negotiate the damnable particularities that history in the short run tosses up before history in the long run arrives to validate the vision.

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




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