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
For instance, it’s estimated that colonoscopy can have 95% sensitivity and up to 89% specificity.
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Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 27 May 2026
In discussions with our editorial board, Eaton spoke with specificity about what gets California schools into trouble.
—East Bay Times Editorial Board, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
Pair specificity with brevity and watch your reply rate climb.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
The idea of showing cross-cultural worker solidarity and how community develops in the wake of struggle is a beautiful one — if it is built on detail and specificity.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 23 May 2026
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Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 27 May 2026
In discussions with our editorial board, Eaton spoke with specificity about what gets California schools into trouble.
—East Bay Times Editorial Board, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
Pair specificity with brevity and watch your reply rate climb.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
The idea of showing cross-cultural worker solidarity and how community develops in the wake of struggle is a beautiful one — if it is built on detail and specificity.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 23 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for specificity
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The first few days (and weeks) of training camp should serve as a proving ground for Murray to demonstrate his understanding of the system and for McCarthy to showcase his improved accuracy.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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Human stenographers are often required to achieve 95% accuracy at typing speeds of up to 225 words per minute for five minutes, figures many current AI systems can’t match.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
16 June 2026
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On Wednesday morning, the M/T Settebello was transiting the Sea of Oman, laden with Iranian oil, when a US aircraft fired precision munitions into its engine room –– causing a fire, sending smoke billowing into the air, and sparking a large rescue operation.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
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Evoking the scale and precision of the most celebrated Russian novelists, Daniyal Mueenuddin’s debut is a modern history of Pakistan told in four distinct parts, each of which follows a different main character with specific ambitions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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The company is aiming squarely at a traveler who wants the convenience of commercial routes but the comfort and attentiveness that usually come with chartering a jet.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
4 Dec. 2025
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This kind of attentiveness has practical benefits, too.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
2 Dec. 2025
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Training sessions will inevitably be more focused on recovery than tactical work and be affected by the particularities of playing in Europe.—
Mark Critchley,
New York Times,
3 May 2026
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Inside Scoop Moving into lower-ceiling galleries takes us from particularity to universality, the singular to the collective.—
Laird Borrelli-Persson,
Vogue,
3 May 2026
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Pretty Baby had been banned in many countries for its explicitness, particularly nude scenes featuring the underage Shields, but that didn't deter overzealous fans in the French Riviera.—
Kathleen Perricone,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 June 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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That preciseness, that moment that unlocks the result, the moment to turn the result our way and with the match.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
31 July 2025
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This carefulness is clearly strategic.—
Gary Sernovitz,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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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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“Specificity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specificity. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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