as in accuracy
careful thoroughness of detail
the specificity of your description of your medical condition was a bit more than I needed
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Recent Examples of specificity
This Wolf Man, however, feels like a vague anecdote, devoid of human specificity.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2025
Aber conjures place with great specificity; her descriptions feel alive.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
This lack of specificity has allowed the app to thrive, with many dismissing these concerns as mere speculation or political posturing.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Each puzzle showcases her particular gift for playing on figures of speech with a specificity that’s both dad jokey and incredibly smart.
—Sam Corbin, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2025
Aber conjures place with great specificity; her descriptions feel alive.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
This lack of specificity has allowed the app to thrive, with many dismissing these concerns as mere speculation or political posturing.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Each puzzle showcases her particular gift for playing on figures of speech with a specificity that’s both dad jokey and incredibly smart.
—Sam Corbin, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for specificity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for specificity
Noun
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The upcoming film will reportedly take the film franchise back to its horror roots, paying homage to the original games with more accuracy than prior installments.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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Such changes emphasize the continual evolution of Google Maps as a tool for geopolitical accuracy, revolutionary in providing real-time audio-visual data integrated with global policy shifts.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Harvey is a stellar writer, placing words with delicate precision on the blank sky of the page; her sentences of dazzling beauty won her the 2024 Booker Prize.—
Barbara Ellis,
The Denver Post,
3 Feb. 2025
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For anyone working in the tech and engineering fields, the P2 is something of a game-changer thanks to its precision and accuracy of ±1.5°C, allowing for detailed inspection of circuit boards.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes,
1 Feb. 2025
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Longer term, a constitutional amendment seems appropriate — perhaps a supplement to Article II, Section 2, stipulating that a pardon, to be valid, must identify the crime with reasonable particularity.—
Robert A. Levy,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2025
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The first Spidey film of the MCU era iterates off the problems and solutions of past films, adding back all the comedy that the Amazing films lost and refocusing Peter's adventures with outer-borough particularity.—
Darren Franich,
EW.com,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Specificity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specificity. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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