spec
Example Sentences
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“Do they have a spec script?” her boss would typically ask of these digital upstarts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
Meritage, an Arizona-based builder with a roughly $4.8 billion market cap, stands out by building entirely speculative, or spec, homes, which are constructed before a buyer signs a contract.
From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026
A complication was that McLaren were not running the latest specification of Mercedes power-unit, so can expect an uplift when they switch in Australia to the latest spec.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
I’m also picking away at some spec scripts, because I’d love to write a movie that didn’t start as a book.
From Salon • Jan. 14, 2026
“I asked Minny three times and she still say she ain’t gone do it. I spec it’s time I believed her.”
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
