1
as in to define
to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly
the document specifies precisely how you may use the information it contains
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as in to mention
to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically
police reports didn't specify the model of car the robbers were driving
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Recent Examples of specify
Newsom’s Department of Finance estimated that Trump’s tariffs would damage state revenues by $16 billion, though the office did not specify which tariffs the calculations were based on.
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Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 26 June 2025
While Ant's focus is on the mainland China market for now, the new app or its tech could be licensed out to a third party, Zhang said, without specifying a time frame.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 26 June 2025
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said the military also struck the headquarters of Iran's internal security forces, without specifying the agency or location.
—Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025
Two men were arrested before this week’s announcement, and the status of the four others wasn’t specified.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 19 June 2025
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Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 26 June 2025
While Ant's focus is on the mainland China market for now, the new app or its tech could be licensed out to a third party, Zhang said, without specifying a time frame.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 26 June 2025
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said the military also struck the headquarters of Iran's internal security forces, without specifying the agency or location.
—Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025
Two men were arrested before this week’s announcement, and the status of the four others wasn’t specified.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for specify
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As international attention turns away from missile strikes and toward diplomacy following the recent ceasefire between Iran and Israel, a deeper, longer-term struggle is quietly taking shape inside the Islamic Republic — one that will define the country’s political future.—
Pegah Banihashemi,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2025
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Feet Above Ground is locally defined as feet above the Highest Astronomical Tide or HAT.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
25 June 2025
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After weeks of festivities—not to mention tens of millions of dollars—Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are officially married.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
27 June 2025
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Investors are hoping the trade war doesn’t escalate again, inflation stays in check, earnings can power through, and the economy doesn’t tip into a recession—not to mention containing tension in the Middle East.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
27 June 2025
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To get there, CMS must avoid the trap of prescribing every detail.—
Rita Numerof,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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This drug is prescribed to people who have type 2 diabetes and kidney disease.—
Kathleen Daly,
Verywell Health,
30 June 2025
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Despite growing calls for Beijing to rein in its supply overcapacity, manufacturing accounted for around 26% of China's GDP in the first quarter, Caixin said, citing official figures.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
1 July 2025
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The website of the U.S. Global Change Research Program, which hosts numerous climate change reports and resources, including the comprehensive and often cited National Climate Assessments, is no longer operational, according to a NASA spokesperson.—
Matthew Glasser,
ABC News,
1 July 2025
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Authorities were first alerted to a potential issue after Disneyland Paris staff noticed that the bride at a pre-scheduled wedding appeared alarmingly young, per The Sunday Times.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
23 June 2025
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But once the group noticed that Ginny had already died and turned to a zombie, Maggie could not finish the job, and instead handed her knife to Negan to finish off the young girl.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
23 June 2025
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The document also indicated that more than 6,400 U.S. citizens living in Israel had submitted documentation asking for information regarding U.S.-charted evacuation flights.—
Adam Sabes , Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2025
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The fact that oil prices fell sharply after the news broke also indicates that traders viewed the immediate threat of a widening war as diminished.—
Robert Rapier,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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Public Service Loan Forgiveness Changes There are some changes to note about Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).—
Robert Farrington,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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This article has been updated to note Subrahmanyam Jaishankar's title as the Indian external affairs minister.—
Jennifer Cunningham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 July 2025
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The fact that memorization was a much bigger problem for the most popular books does suggest that Llama may have been trained on secondary sources that quote these books rather than the books themselves.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
20 June 2025
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Several political leaders have been quoted as to the president’s declining mental condition the last two years of his term.—
Robert Glatter,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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“Specify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specify. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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