specifying

Example Sentences

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Some container shipping is going through the Panama Canal, which has reported increases in daily transits since the war, without specifying which types of ships.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Access and collaborative agreements — and sometimes even land return agreements — come with requirements specifying what tribes can and cannot do with the land.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Japan would release oil reserves as early as Monday, while Germany's Economy and Energy Minister Katherina Reiche said her country planned to do the same, without specifying a date.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

The man, Harish Rana, had not left a will specifying directives for his treatment before he had an accident.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

If genes were discrete particles specifying one trait, then how could this property be reconciled with the occurrence of human characteristics, say, height or skin color, in continuous curves?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee