spec
Example Sentences
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“Do they have a spec script?” her boss would typically ask of these digital upstarts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 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
A few days later, Los Angeles touted its first completion only to face criticism because the house was a builder spec home permitted for demolition and rebuilding before the Palisades fire destroyed it.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
But NASA's got a lot of nervous Nellies who don't want me out longer than spec.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
