How to Use specificity in a Sentence
specificity
noun
- I was impressed by the specificity of her instructions.
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The specificity extends to the premise for the whole movie.
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Jocelyn Silver,
Vogue,
2 Apr. 2021
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What sticks out over the course of the picture is the sheer level of specificity.
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Scott Mendelson,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2021
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The specificity of that deficit was key, and the seniors on Haltom knew it.
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Joseph Hoyt,
Dallas News,
25 Nov. 2020
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The lack of specificity seemed to push Disney Stock ending down about 3% for the day.
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Richard Torrenzano,
Fortune,
30 Nov. 2022
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The notion that came to him, though, on that steamy day lacked that kind of specificity.
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Gordon Monson,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
4 Jan. 2021
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Chapek’s memo builds off of that with more specificity.
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Alex Weprin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Nov. 2022
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The scenes set in Jane’s classroom gleam with specificity and verve.
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Joanne Kaufman,
WSJ,
23 Apr. 2021
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The key adaptation for a client with ADHD is the specificity of the step goals.
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Antonia Bowring,
Forbes,
6 Oct. 2021
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The same can be said of her pictures, where specificity is a bit of a red herring.
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Mark Holgate,
Vogue,
16 Feb. 2024
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In the spirit of the game, Goldstein and Daley revel in the specificities of their world.
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Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Mar. 2023
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One of the many strange things pain does is thrust you back into your own specificity over and over again.
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Liz Appel,
Vogue,
8 Sep. 2023
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That specificity extends to the time period of the movie—in this case, 2002.
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Amit Katwala,
Wired,
11 Mar. 2022
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The CarPlay bug is perhaps the strangest iOS 15 bug yet just because of its specificity.
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Jacob Siegal,
BGR,
30 Sep. 2021
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What makes the show spark is the specificity of the images that Wilson pairs with his deadpan text.
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Alexandra Schwartz,
The New Yorker,
14 Dec. 2020
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And the theory was, the specificity of it was Christian was friends with Chip.
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Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
20 June 2024
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The clinic idea gave the show structure and specificity.
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Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
15 Sep. 2021
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She was awed by the specificity and expertise of the Pantone team.
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Emily Ruane,
refinery29.com,
29 Oct. 2020
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The main difference is price and specificity: front-end and back end.
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Jon Younger,
Forbes,
23 Sep. 2021
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The specificity of the outcomes is critical for the success of the programs.
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Gooty Agraharam,
Forbes,
7 July 2021
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And just like with all good writing, specificity helps.
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Jayson Greene,
Pitchfork,
17 Oct. 2023
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The weird specificity of this dialogue catches in the ear.
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E. Alex Jung,
Vulture,
5 Mar. 2021
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One note of specificity Leach highlights is the reveal of Sofia’s scar on her shoulder in Episode 4.
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Andrés Buenahora,
Variety,
29 Oct. 2024
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The specificity, taking the time to meet a candidate and then to back that candidate as a group.
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Kurt Streeter,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2020
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And the wire — the analogy of the wire is really like the molecular specificity.
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Steven Strogatz,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Mar. 2023
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The 244 city workers on the team use a system created in the spring that doesn’t lend itself to much specificity.
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Heather Knight,
SFChronicle.com,
21 Nov. 2020
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And yet, the strength of her best bits is the specificity and depth of her analysis of her own psychology.
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Jason Zinoman,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2022
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Maybe more so than any other colour, red asks for specificity.
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Katy Kelleher,
refinery29.com,
15 Oct. 2024
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Aber conjures place with great specificity; her descriptions feel alive.
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Jasmine Vojdani,
Vulture,
13 Jan. 2025
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This Wolf Man, however, feels like a vague anecdote, devoid of human specificity.
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Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
15 Jan. 2025
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