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
In this one, the question of whose voice the narrative belonged to—how much agency that voice held, and which tactics best used for both the specificity and the capacity for surprise regarding the piece’s protagonists, without slowing the narrative down—was pretty challenging.
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Willing Davidson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
Every use case must be understood, every edge case respected and built with specificity.
—Divyaditya Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
There is usually a tradeoff between the sensitivity and specificity of a screening test.
—Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Like Mare, but slightly more elegant in its plotting, Task uses the detective-story format and the specificity of its rural Pennsylvania setting to explore elemental human problems.
—Judy Berman, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
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Willing Davidson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
Every use case must be understood, every edge case respected and built with specificity.
—Divyaditya Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
There is usually a tradeoff between the sensitivity and specificity of a screening test.
—Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Like Mare, but slightly more elegant in its plotting, Task uses the detective-story format and the specificity of its rural Pennsylvania setting to explore elemental human problems.
—Judy Berman, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for specificity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for specificity
Noun
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The W4100i is also factory calibrated for color accuracy, achieving a Delta E figure of less than 2.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Sep. 2025
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The new equations provide a strict limit on the accuracy of a clock based on classical physics.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Creating a condensate from radioactive atoms has never been achieved, and the experiment would require extreme precision and strict safety measures.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
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By combining national reach with local precision, technology with design expertise, and execution with vision, Ethosource is setting a new standard for how companies can bring their culture to life through space.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Thirty-three states have enacted legislation regarding school cellphone usage amid a growing push to restrict students’ smartphone access in schools, primarily due to mental health and concerns about academic attentiveness.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 2025
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This helps replicate the attentiveness of an in-store associate at scale.—
Charisma Glassman,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Empathy, in this light, is not just a way of feeling but a way of caring—a willingness to try to understand the particularity of someone else’s emotions.—
Paul Bloom,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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The particularity from Italy is that the editorial strategy is divided in three buckets right now.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
10 July 2025
Noun
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Evans’ gritty drama will undoubtedly turn off sensitive viewers given its explicitness.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Specificity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specificity. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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