spec

Example Sentences

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“I’ve been buying over the past two, three years anyway and making some investments and putting out some new spec homes, but I think we’re going to start getting a little bit more aggressive now.”

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

“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

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

After writing a pilot on spec, he approached the executives at Crave — where he had previously produced “Letterkenny,” “Shoresy” and “Canada’s Drag Race” — about green-lighting a series.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

“I spec you gone have to go in the bushes, back a the house,” I hear myself say, but I wish it weren’t me.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett