specificity

Example Sentences

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Parr, ever in favor of vivid specificity, even then saw an opportunity to release the shutter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

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

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

"This is a very positive signal -- we now know it's possible to exploit this specificity to target certain cancer cells," says Jean-Claude Martinou.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026

What her books lack in character diversity, they make up for in specificity.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

I was still practicing law, but the specificity of the work and the change of scenery distracted me just enough from the bigger questions beginning to bubble up in my mind.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama