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
There was always the primary drive, which was to make sure that the community represented in the film felt like this was a film that had specificity and research behind it.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
But there was something in the specificity of the seminal 2025 album that connected with Brazilians.
—Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
In Lily King’s Writers & Lovers, the heroine, a writer named Casey, balances her struggle to complete a novel with a string of relationships that King writes with heat and specificity until they get consummated.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
Guo Feng, chair of Yulele Media Group, said his company’s slate blends Chinese cultural specificity with universal themes.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Feb. 2026
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
But there was something in the specificity of the seminal 2025 album that connected with Brazilians.
—Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
In Lily King’s Writers & Lovers, the heroine, a writer named Casey, balances her struggle to complete a novel with a string of relationships that King writes with heat and specificity until they get consummated.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
Guo Feng, chair of Yulele Media Group, said his company’s slate blends Chinese cultural specificity with universal themes.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for specificity
Noun
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And the motivation of that, deep inside, which seems to be similar (for) a lot of medical examiners, is the idea of accuracy and control over death, knowing why or how.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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The most mind-blowing is his accuracy on deep passes.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Its hardware includes Series Elastic Actuators and a range of sensors that enable safe physical interaction with people while maintaining balance and precision.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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On Saturday night, the Knights turned their gym into a clinic on precision basketball.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
8 Mar. 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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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 specificity requirements built into the Fourth Amendment — particularity and probable cause — are key to protecting people from searches that are too broad or arbitrary.—
Amanda Cats-Baril,
Twin Cities,
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 12 Mar. 2026.
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