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
Non-psychedelic neuroplastogens may test that question with a new level of specificity.
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Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
And yet, reframed through Coogler’s dark Southern Gothic triumph, Gunn’s vision takes on new life as a critical foundation for a corner of the film world that remains broadly unmatched in its soulful specificity.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 13 Mar. 2026
The specificity of her words — invoking Venus of Pompeii by name — anchors the message in place and time with remarkable intimacy.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
In the age of streaming slop designed to appeal to as many people mid-Instagram-scroll as possible, there’s something wonderful about a film that’s not afraid to embrace its specificity.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2026
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Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
And yet, reframed through Coogler’s dark Southern Gothic triumph, Gunn’s vision takes on new life as a critical foundation for a corner of the film world that remains broadly unmatched in its soulful specificity.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 13 Mar. 2026
The specificity of her words — invoking Venus of Pompeii by name — anchors the message in place and time with remarkable intimacy.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
In the age of streaming slop designed to appeal to as many people mid-Instagram-scroll as possible, there’s something wonderful about a film that’s not afraid to embrace its specificity.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for specificity
Noun
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Beyond the music, these earbuds offer high-accuracy AI translation for 100 languages via the Soundcore app and support wireless charging, providing up to 10 hours of playback on a single charge and 42 hours total with the case.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2026
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Artists began to care less about the accuracy of representation and pivoted to self-expression.—
Andrey Mir,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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B-52s can also be used to provide close air support for ground troops by acting as enormous loitering munition silos able to drop precision bombs where needed.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Apr. 2026
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The draw is something that’s difficult to define with precision.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Life without that kind of attentiveness?—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
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This conviction shaped his attentiveness to Jews facing state oppression.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
15 Feb. 2026
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The realism, though, comes in the particularity of the Spanish dialogue, the cultural exchanges, and colloquial understandings that run through this community — and from Mexico to the United States.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
19 Mar. 2026
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In the Texas primaries, each party wanted to get to a future a little beyond its candidates’ reach—in which political destiny was tempered and interrupted by the particularity of its characters.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
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The film frankly depicts the extreme sub-dom relationship that Erika lures Elliot into, peppered with Araki’s trademark playful-surrealism while committed to a certain, refreshing explicitness.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Jan. 2026
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While Western societies tend to favor clear, direct communication, Haque said non-Western cultures often view such explicitness as disrespectful, meaning people with roots in those cultures learn to strike a delicate balance between appeasing a difficult elder and staying true to oneself.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
25 Nov. 2025
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Organizations can benefit by valuing carefulness and concentration not as an obligation, but as a fundamental pillar of success.—
Heather V. MacArthur,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Just as essential a consideration as carefulness for committee members, though, is speed.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Specificity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specificity. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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