How to Use specificity in a Sentence

specificity

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  • I was impressed by the specificity of her instructions.
  • What sticks out over the course of the picture is the sheer level of specificity.
    — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
  • The lack of specificity seemed to push Disney Stock ending down about 3% for the day.
    — Richard Torrenzano, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Chapek’s memo builds off of that with more specificity.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The key adaptation for a client with ADHD is the specificity of the step goals.
    — Antonia Bowring, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021
  • The same can be said of her pictures, where specificity is a bit of a red herring.
    — Mark Holgate, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2024
  • In the spirit of the game, Goldstein and Daley revel in the specificities of their world.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2023
  • One of the many strange things pain does is thrust you back into your own specificity over and over again.
    — Liz Appel, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2023
  • That specificity extends to the time period of the movie—in this case, 2002.
    — Amit Katwala, Wired, 11 Mar. 2022
  • The CarPlay bug is perhaps the strangest iOS 15 bug yet just because of its specificity.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 30 Sep. 2021
  • And the theory was, the specificity of it was Christian was friends with Chip.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 20 June 2024
  • The clinic idea gave the show structure and specificity.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2021
  • The main difference is price and specificity: front-end and back end.
    — Jon Younger, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
  • And just like with all good writing, specificity helps.
    — Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 17 Oct. 2023
  • And the wire — the analogy of the wire is really like the molecular specificity.
    — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 8 Mar. 2023
  • And yet, the strength of her best bits is the specificity and depth of her analysis of her own psychology.
    — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Maybe more so than any other colour, red asks for specificity.
    — Katy Kelleher, refinery29.com, 15 Oct. 2024
  • But the company would not offer more specificity at the time.
    — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 18 Aug. 2021
  • Were all these notes of cultural specificity in the screenplay from the onset?
    — Gabriel Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2022
  • Of course, getting to the bottom of which are the best coupes in 2024 will require some serious specificity.
    — Kyle Hyatt, Robb Report, 29 July 2024
  • One of my other friends who works in post was talking about it just that specificity of the writing in that moment was so good.
    — Marisa Roffman, Variety, 18 Oct. 2021
  • While China has come forward with a series of pledges, many of them lack specificity.
    — Tim McDonnell, Quartz, 12 Oct. 2021
  • But there’s also such specificity to this world and each one of these characters.
    — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The reenactments are strikingly lit and acted, bringing the scene to life and enhancing the specificity of the time and place.
    — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2023
  • Hader’s specificity has shown up in his post-SNL choices as well.
    — Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2022
  • And not only are the outfits more connected to the music, there's a degree of specificity that serves as a kind of badge of honor.
    — Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2023
  • His sculptures have the alien force of ancient totems pulled out of dark tombs and, at the same time, the elusive, fragile specificity of old photographs.
    — Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022
  • And then there’s Denzel in Malcolm X and the specificity of using his fingers and gestures.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Clement suggested that greater specificity would happen if the judges allowed the case to get to a discovery phase.
    — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The uncanny specificity with which Wells addressed Britain on the brink of war is a startling reminder of the insight that Millennial artists lack.
    — Armond White, National Review, 9 Oct. 2024

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