How to Use specific performance in a Sentence

specific performance

noun

• No pay for specific performance, no short-term bonus, no stock options.
  — Philip Delves Broughton, WSJ, 31 July 2017
• Does any of the very specific performance feedback ring true?
  — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 18 Dec. 2023
• Musk is relying on what is known as a specific performance clause in the contract to avoid that penalty.
  — Rob Wile, NBC News, 13 May 2022
• Texas presents some distinct challenges, but this was not a Texas-specific performance.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Dec. 2020
• Seeking specific performance means asking a Delaware judge to force him to go through with the purchase.
  — Cara Lombardo, WSJ, 18 May 2022
• This can be done through quick surveys or tracking specific performance data, such as time to release, volume of code review comments or bug rates.
  — Yuri Gubin, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
• And follow that up by pushing for specific performance-review goals (informed by your own research) that would bring you to parity.
  — Rob Walker, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2017
• Features a series of site-specific performances throughout the center.
  — Mark Rapp, cleveland.com, 5 Apr. 2018
• Each tranche of options would be earned by the CEO only on achievement of specific performance milestones.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2024
• That includes stock options that may have lost value and are dependent on meeting specific performance criteria.
  — Thomas Mulier, Bloomberg.com, 8 June 2020
• But specific performance clauses do not always succeed in stadium lease disputes.
  — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Nov. 2025
• The reason specific performance is rarely issued might be because botched deals that land in court often result in renegotiation.
  — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 July 2022
• Information on specific performance dates and venues can be found in the Twitter announcement.
  — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2020
• Tudyk’s weird, physically specific performance remains the series’ biggest draw by far.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2024
• At the business end of things is a brushless mid-drive motor that is claimed to deliver enough torque for hill climbing, although specific performance numbers aren’t available yet.
  — New Atlas, 1 Mar. 2025
• And one specific performance tic resulted in a homework assignment the future Oscar winner wasn't all that thrilled about.
  — Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2025
• If the buyer can’t seek specific performance by the developer, there can be unlimited leeway for delays.
  — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2025
• For example, your clients’ answers can reveal whether their decision is driven more by issues of trust and control or a desire to avoid risk or reach specific performance goals.
  — April Rudin, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2023
• Some have symptoms in all social situations, while others have specific performance triggers, like eating in public or speaking in class.
  — Nicole Harris, Parents, 15 Aug. 2023
• When the buyer surrenders the right to seek specific performance, the buyer cannot compel the developer to deliver the finished house.
  — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2025
• San Diego enacted specific performance measures in eight of the 14 projects reviewed; the other projects had undefined goals or no goals at all.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024
• LLMs are trained to perform general tasks rather than achieve specific performance on narrow benchmarks in tailored context.
  — Anjana Susarla, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
• The nuclear thermal propulsion engines in development by these groups will need to comply with specific performance and safety standards.
  — Dan Kotlyar, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2024
• Kenin's involvement in FP Movement should expand the brand's reach in tennis-specific performance.
  — Tim Newcomb, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022
• One of the more interesting features of the litigation is whether the court will enforce a specific performance provision in the Rose Bowl lease.
  — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 Nov. 2025
• The choice to honor The Apollo is an unusual one -- the first time the Kennedy Center has chosen to honor a specific performance venue.
  — Ashraf Khalil The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 9 Dec. 2024
• But the merger agreement also includes a specific performance provision that allows Twitter to force Musk to consummate the deal.
  — Fortune, 12 July 2022
• The recent practice of inviting people of color to attend specific performances is an attempt by theater companies to diversify their audiences.
  — Greg Evans, Deadline, 23 Dec. 2025
• Twitter is suing for specific performance, a clause included in the contract—that Musk signed—saying Twitter can sue not only for damages but also to enforce the merger.
  — Scott Nover, Quartz, 12 July 2022
• The merger agreement includes a specific performance provision that allows Twitter to force Musk to consummate the deal, according to the filing.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 May 2022