specific

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Instead, success depended on specific combinations of features that matched natural reef structures.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

It added: "We have campaigned for some time for more to be done to protect shop workers from offenders, including retail crime being made into a specific stand alone offence."

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Rather, Soleno’s drug, which received U.S. regulatory approval in March 2025, targets patients as young as 4 years old living with a very specific genetic disorder that’s linked to obesity.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

She’s got “slay” and “work” sitting at the tip of her tongue, ready to rip, and it’s a blast seeing what Wineman does with this very specific archetype.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

Choosing few words, but being as specific as possible, was the best approach on a database like this.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas