- present participle of specify.
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
The party said at the time it had other assignments for Ma, without specifying.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 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
Rules specifying the size and number of heat pumps which households can install have also been relaxed.
From BBC • Mar. 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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