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Recent Examples of nonspecific This is a nonspecific sign of inflammation, and it might be slightly elevated in hidradenitis suppurativa. William Truswell, Verywell Health, 25 Feb. 2025 Vague, nonspecific, and non memorable. Jodie Cook, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024 The symptoms are nonspecific, and there is no formal diagnosis or method to reach a diagnosis. Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 11 Oct. 2024 In many healthy adults, pertussis may be limited to a lingering cough, while older children may only show nonspecific symptoms, such as a runny nose and a cough, Muñoz adds. Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for nonspecific
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonspecific
Adjective
  • Primaries not needed Spanberger and Earle-Sears can both skip competing in a primary and will instead head straight into the general face-off.
    Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Defensive line and tackle on offense remain priorities, but could there be a choice outside the trenches that’s too tempting to ignore? Chiefs general manager Brett Veach leaves open that possibility.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Kidd’s financial contribution will be relatively small in Premier League terms and there will be no change to the overall ownership or day-to-day running of Everton.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The stunning fall followed a dramatic weekend that began with many predicting that he would likely be selected in the first round along with teammate Travis Hunter, who was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars with the second overall pick.
    Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • While the broader impact of the administration's funding pause remains unclear, the escalating battle has brought many of the university's key research projects, including studies on Alzheimer's disease and cancer treatment, to a halt.
    Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
  • One proceeds in the traditional way, learning how to cook through years of experimentation, ascending from the mastery of individual recipes to a broader and more intuitive feel for how ingredients and techniques go together.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Jared Weiss of The Athletic shared via X. Cavaliers head coach Kenny Atkinson was quite vague when discussing the possibility of Garland suiting up for Game 4.
    Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025
  • For now, the language in the president’s executive order was fairly vague.
    Annie Nova, CNBC, 26 Apr. 2025

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“Nonspecific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonspecific. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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