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particularity

[per-tik-yuh-lar-i-tee, puh-tik-] / pərˌtɪk jəˈlær ɪ ti, pəˌtɪk- /


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A notice issued to the lead claimant in the case, Natalie Barstow, was "unduly broad and lacking in particularity", he said.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

This was tender and not sweet because it was anchored in a particularity the audience needed to hear.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 19, 2026

The particularity of quantum physics is that if two particles are close enough to each other to interact, they can stay connected even when separated.

From Science Daily Oct. 12, 2023

I try to tease out, from the particularity of their personal experiences, what is eternally human: love, friendship, death.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2023

Experimenters have to insist on the particularity of experience, but they also have to claim that general conclusions can be drawn from specific examples.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

If his words literally refer to exorcism’s particularities, they subtextually wrestle with faith as a notion, and trickle into broader political life, too.

From Salon Jun. 6, 2025

“Bacon” is the kind of play that will transform through the particularities of its performers.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 12, 2025

When the public learned about the particularities of Mackris’ deal in April of 2018, the MeToo movement had changed the public’s perception of NDAs as well.

From Slate Oct. 23, 2024

While this is rather easy in classical computing, it is a great challenge in quantum computing, due to the particularities of the quantum world.

From Science Daily May 21, 2024

Worse, the encounter with another set of particularities: the toenails, the ear holes, the nosehairs.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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