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
What was revealed was jaw-dropping in its specificity and includes the type of information that is kept to a very close hold to protect the operational security of a military strike.
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Tara Copp, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
Justice Department: Delegation similar to other laws Tax statutes – particularly those allowing a president to impose tariffs – have historically not included the specificity the challengers say should be required under the Constitution, according to the administration.
—Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
Another aspect that interested me a lot was the specificities of the tradition of animation and its relationship to AI.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 24 Mar. 2025
Alito said the problem could be the legal precedent and its lack of specificity.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
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Tara Copp, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
Justice Department: Delegation similar to other laws Tax statutes – particularly those allowing a president to impose tariffs – have historically not included the specificity the challengers say should be required under the Constitution, according to the administration.
—Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
Another aspect that interested me a lot was the specificities of the tradition of animation and its relationship to AI.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 24 Mar. 2025
Alito said the problem could be the legal precedent and its lack of specificity.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for specificity
Noun
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By August 2025, the University must submit to the government a report—certified for accuracy—that confirms these reforms.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Discuss Tools’ Trustworthiness Women tend to be more cautious about AI’s fairness and accuracy.—
Corinne Post,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The target of the strike was a Hezbollah facility in Beirut which stored precision missiles, according to a joint statement from Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
27 Apr. 2025
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Unlike traditional robots that often move with jerky or stiff motions, Iron walks steadily and can manipulate objects with precision thanks to its human-like hands.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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 1 May. 2025.
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