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
Chavez-Lopez, who served on Santa Clara County’s Planning Commission from 2020-22, doesn’t provide the same sort of specificity.
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Mercury News Editorial, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
His comedy is a shallow-focus lens, rendering every plane of his self-perception in exquisite detail and losing specificity or texture as soon as that lens pans out toward other characters in his story.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 23 May 2025
And more industry leaders are now echoing the sentiment that the path to lasting impact isn't scale but specificity.
—Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Photo: Chicago History Museum/Getty Images Palette For the vertical elements of the home—its structural piers and chimney, which also run through the interiors—Wright took inspiration from the specificity of Fallingwater’s isolated Pennsylvania site, as chosen by the nature-loving Kaufmann family.
—Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 15 May 2025
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Mercury News Editorial, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
His comedy is a shallow-focus lens, rendering every plane of his self-perception in exquisite detail and losing specificity or texture as soon as that lens pans out toward other characters in his story.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 23 May 2025
And more industry leaders are now echoing the sentiment that the path to lasting impact isn't scale but specificity.
—Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Photo: Chicago History Museum/Getty Images Palette For the vertical elements of the home—its structural piers and chimney, which also run through the interiors—Wright took inspiration from the specificity of Fallingwater’s isolated Pennsylvania site, as chosen by the nature-loving Kaufmann family.
—Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for specificity
Noun
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Companies and creators who want to lead must invest in processes and structures that support accuracy and correct errors.—
Rhea Wessel,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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This group’s past five-year forecasts have proven to be highly accurate on a global scale, the report noted, with less accuracy for predictions on more regional levels.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
28 May 2025
Noun
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This level of precision doesn’t just benefit the sales team.—
Sean Brophy,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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This station shows everything from daily rainfall to the current UV index, with the kind of intensive precision only a father could love.—
Louryn Strampe,
Wired News,
3 June 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 10 Jun. 2025.
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