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
The specificity gives the praise credibility and power.
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Scott Mautz, Contributor, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025
So spending time on the specificity of the lines of the office.
—Ronda Racha Penrice, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
But in Ravel’s solo works, which across decades of composition contain both the evocative broad strokes of impressionism and the luminous specificity of pointillism, his approach can have mixed results.
—Joshua Barone, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
But having previously said that streaming platforms did not grasp the nuance and specificity behind Mood when it was being pitched (the show was co-produced for BBC America), Lecky thinks Wild Cherry is more sellable.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 24 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for specificity
Scott Mautz, Contributor, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025
So spending time on the specificity of the lines of the office.
—Ronda Racha Penrice, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
But in Ravel’s solo works, which across decades of composition contain both the evocative broad strokes of impressionism and the luminous specificity of pointillism, his approach can have mixed results.
—Joshua Barone, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
But having previously said that streaming platforms did not grasp the nuance and specificity behind Mood when it was being pitched (the show was co-produced for BBC America), Lecky thinks Wild Cherry is more sellable.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 24 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for specificity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for specificity
Noun
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Beyond accuracy and trust, AI raises deeper concerns about control over food system data.—
Daphne Ewing-Chow,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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The Flames might be the highest-upside mid-major in the field thanks to their prowess at both knocking down 3's (Liberty is No. 5 nationally in 3-point accuracy at 39.5 percent on 27 3PA per game) and defending the perimeter.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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How a 30-year-old singer, born in Argentina and raised in Spain, manages to channel the smoldering melodrama of Latin music’s golden era with such uncanny precision remains a bit of a mystery.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2025
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And Consistency Human error is inevitable, but AI agents are capable of reducing this error by executing tasks with precision.—
Vamsi Gosu,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 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 25 Mar. 2025.
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