specifying

Example Sentences

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Some container shipping is going through the Panama Canal, which has reported increases in daily transits since the war, without specifying which types of ships.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

"After investigation, preliminary findings suggest the cause was system malfunction," police added, without specifying how many cars were impacted.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Access and collaborative agreements — and sometimes even land return agreements — come with requirements specifying what tribes can and cannot do with the land.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

While officials have claimed they did not want to use Anthropic's technology for either mass surveillance or autonomous weapons, Anthropic claims Hegseth started to insist language in its government contracts specifying such prohibitions be removed.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

If genes were discrete particles specifying one trait, then how could this property be reconciled with the occurrence of human characteristics, say, height or skin color, in continuous curves?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee