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verb

past tense of specify

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of specified
Adjective
However, many repairs will fall within the specified coverage ranges. Alora Bopray, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 Brighton offer free travel on public transport within a specified area on match days. Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Capacity That Scales In Increments Modular facilities can be built in stages, with capacity added 5 or 10 megawatts at a time as demand materializes, rather than committing to a specified end-state up front the way hyperscale builds do. Jolie Kahn, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Passengers could stow a purse, laptop bag or small backpack that fitted within specified measurements under the seat in front of them for no charge, Jetstar said. ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026 While vessel inspections are not compulsory, member states can request a secondary inspection of a vessel in line with specified criteria. Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026 Both lawsuits argue that the government didn’t adequately establish its case against each specific economy or spell out how the tariffs will eliminate the specified practice they are being levied to address, as required by Section 301. Mae Anderson, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026 Selling puts means agreeing to buy an asset at a specified price before an agreed to expiration date. Michelle Fox, CNBC, 23 July 2026 From there, other employees, including Baker, Spencer, McClellan and Johnson, would place the labels on specified cartons for shipment. Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 22 July 2026
Verb
The figure was significantly higher than analysts’ 44% estimate, but Huang and Nvidia CFO Colette Kress specified that there were still heavy supply constraints holding back the $5 trillion chipmaker. Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 Boone specified that Judge expected to see some overhand pitching on Tuesday. Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026 Democratic legislative leaders say the state needs to address the issue but haven't specified what a deal could include. ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026 According to Jason Lloyd of The Athletic, the Buss family trust specified that whenever any of the siblings died, their shares would be equally disbursed among the remaining siblings. Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Union keeps track of zombie programs In January, Congress passed an appropriations bill, which became law, that specified funding for more than 200 projects and activities. Mike Stobbe, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026 There would need to be a lease in place so the owners could not use the unit unless that was specified in their contract. Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 18 Aug. 2026 Neither Trader’s nor Brent’s injury was been specified, which is the norm for some teams till the regular season. Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026 The bumper-to-bumper warranty is typically shorter in length and mileage and covers all components of the vehicle unless specified otherwise. Emily Mercer, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for specified
Adjective
  • In 2026, shoppers are getting ultra-specific with their secondhand marketplace searches, a shift that has wider implications for the resale industry.
    Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 24 Aug. 2026
  • According to research cited in a 2023 study, roughly 2 to 13% of people feel this specific strain of anxiety.
    Glamour, Glamour, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • And increasingly, the biggest EV factory may no longer be defined simply by the number of cars rolling off a single assembly line, but by the size of the entire industrial ecosystem built around them.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026
  • After all those years, the curse had finally been broken, and a franchise once defined by failure suddenly became one of baseball’s great modern success stories.
    Emile Nuh, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Webb mentioned his poor performance in Boston in 2024, allowing four runs on nine hits over 3 2/3 innings.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The agency responded by sending CNN an op-ed by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins that mentioned neither the elections nor beef prices.
    Max Saltman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • What Anthropic Actually Said The stated goal is co-design — building the chip and the model together so each shapes the other.
    Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The agreement also provides no stated process for enforcing the requirement.
    Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • On one occasion, Clancy was prescribed three new meds at a single appointment.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026
  • In September 2022, Lindsay sought care for anxiety and was ultimately prescribed an antidepressant, her ex-husband Patrick Clancy testified in a Massachusetts courtroom on July 27.
    Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • On the call, Kress cited the rise in memory prices, forecasting a gross margin drop to 71% to 72% in fiscal Q4, rebounding to about 72% to 73% in fiscal 2028.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The firm said that AI was the leading reason companies cited for cuts.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • The movie boasts entirely original characters, Lovecraftian vibes, a young Brad Pitt, and explicit horniness.
    James Grebey, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • That can mean funding small pilot programs, giving teams explicit room to experiment within reasonable guardrails, or simply promoting the people already finding smarter ways to work before anyone told them to.
    Stacy L. Hambleton, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • That March, Tahmasbi noticed strangers loitering around his apartment building.
    Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The group also intended to export another 56 servers, but was stopped after Taiwan Customs noticed irregularities in the shipment.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026

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“Specified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specified. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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