- present participle of specify.
specifying
Example Sentences
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One of the bills, introduced by Stefani, expands the ability of certified nurse-midwives to provide care for pregnant and postpartum patients by specifying that supervision by a physician is not required when providing certain services.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Meanwhile the government in Kinshasa released a statement on X, without specifying numbers of casualties.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
The advanced MQ1 drone -- used by only a few countries, including the United States -- was "destroyed" over the Strait of Hormuz, the Guards said, without specifying who was behind the attack.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Canada walked away from the table and had made new demands, without specifying what those were.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
It is often helpful to think of the four coordinates of an event as specifying its position in a four-dimensional space called space-time.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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