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
Diagrams give specificity to hypotheses, subjecting them to collective scrutiny.
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Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Its cultural specificity was essential to its world-building — dalgona candy, the ddakji flipping game, the country’s island geography — while its consideration of imbalanced economics and depiction of widespread financial hardship gave it broad appeal.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 June 2025
Its specificity and consistent styling lent it a credibility that Fragments of Nowhere didn't achieve.
—ArsTechnica, 24 June 2025
His lack of specificity opened the door for critics of Musk and Trump to ponder all that while, of course, amplifying once again the various shots Musk took at Trump.
—Chris Brennan, USA Today, 13 June 2025
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Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Its cultural specificity was essential to its world-building — dalgona candy, the ddakji flipping game, the country’s island geography — while its consideration of imbalanced economics and depiction of widespread financial hardship gave it broad appeal.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 June 2025
Its specificity and consistent styling lent it a credibility that Fragments of Nowhere didn't achieve.
—ArsTechnica, 24 June 2025
His lack of specificity opened the door for critics of Musk and Trump to ponder all that while, of course, amplifying once again the various shots Musk took at Trump.
—Chris Brennan, USA Today, 13 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for specificity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for specificity
Noun
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Quantum computing can boost the accuracy of battery material simulations, optimize power grid flows and enhance the design of sustainable energy systems.—
Klaudia Zaika,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Additionally, defining daytime napping as sleep between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. could have mistakenly included participants’ actual sleep, affecting the accuracy of what would count as a nap, the researchers stated.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2025
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From his advanced diction to his technical precision, the Bruiser Wolf experience permeates his new album Potluck.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
9 July 2025
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Combined with the intelligent path planning algorithm, the mower ensures precision straight-line mowing with three customizable path options to match your mowing preferences.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
9 July 2025
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Though the script successfully condenses several eras of Harmon’s life and captures the quirks and particularities of his mother’s and grandmother’s personalities, the performances really give the material its extra emotional heft.—
Maya Phillips,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 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,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Specificity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specificity. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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