spec
Example Sentences
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“First quarter gross margins reflect the impact of higher incentives as the company responded to competitive market dynamics and successfully worked to reduce excess spec inventory,” PulteGroup said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Meritage, an Arizona-based builder with a roughly $4.8 billion market cap, stands out by building entirely speculative, or spec, homes, which are constructed before a buyer signs a contract.
From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026
A complication was that McLaren were not running the latest specification of Mercedes power-unit, so can expect an uplift when they switch in Australia to the latest spec.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
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 • Jan. 14, 2026
A spec four from the first platoon had wandered away from the company and was riding with us.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
