spec
Example Sentences
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She tried sketch writing, late-night TV writing, spec writing, but she quickly learned she didn’t actually want to write sketches or late-night monologues.
From Los Angeles Times
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
But this stabilization was due to “relative strength at the move-up and discretionary price points, which offset declining home sizes at the entry-level and spec price points,” the analysts say.
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.
DaCosta: I wrote it on spec, so I wasn’t thinking about anything besides letting my freak flag fly, basically.
From Los Angeles Times
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