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specificity

[spes-uh-fis-i-tee] / ˌspɛs əˈfɪs ɪ ti /


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The audience had “such a fervent passion for that story, I think, because of the specificity of those perspectives,” Howe said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

"In an AI search engine, the average length is 40 to 60 words. So, you're talking about an order of magnitude of specificity change."

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

If you want a little more specificity as you move through these steps, keep it simple.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

By examining evolutionary relationships between uracil sensors and related sensory domains, the team found that ligand specificity can change relatively easily over time.

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026

No one, in fact, can lay claim with certainty to his own mind with anything like the specificity stipulated by fingerprints or tissue antigens.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas



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