specification(s)

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  1. proposal
  2. idea
  3. conception
  4. technique
  5. purpose
  6. means
Noun
  • The new calendar was one part of a proposal from the owners that sought to greatly revise and limit baseball transactions.
    — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The meeting also addressed efforts to demine the strait, as part of Iran and Oman’s proposal to clear mines from the waterway.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of proposal
Noun
  • These days, no one, including the coaches themselves, has any idea who is or is not eligible to be a college athlete.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026
  • May 21 – June 20 A group idea can get moving once someone names the next step.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of idea
Noun
  • The move would have been difficult to imagine under the traditional conception of college sports.
    — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • From one vantage, Kardashian’s path to global superstardom was borne by a perfect storm of time, place, person, and opportunity—a convergence of the smartphone, social media, reality TV, and the changing conception of what constitutes a celebrity.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of conception
Noun
  • Along with colleagues, Gauti developed a technique for detecting planets around distant stars.
    — Joe Palca, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The institute will examine microstructure measurement using soft X-rays while advancing information science techniques for X-ray analysis.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of technique
Noun
  • Anthropic wanted assurance that its technology would not be used for fully autonomous weapons or domestic mass surveillance, and the DOD wanted Anthropic to grant the agency unfettered access to Claude across all lawful purposes.
    — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Thankfully, his reappearance in the show actually has a deeper purpose.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of purpose
Noun
  • The Gulf states have experimented with ship-to-ship transfers and other means of moving crude around Iranian restrictions.
    — Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Living with endometriosis means becoming an expert on highly specialized ingredients and constantly cross-checking product labels.
    — Bella Webb, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026
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