spec

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“First quarter gross margins reflect the impact of higher incentives as the company responded to competitive market dynamics and successfully worked to reduce excess spec inventory,” PulteGroup said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 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

After writing a pilot on spec, he approached the executives at Crave — where he had previously produced “Letterkenny,” “Shoresy” and “Canada’s Drag Race” — about green-lighting a series.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

Nvidia and other chip designers pay high development costs to design GPUs to spec for buyers of huge quantities.

From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025

I’m used to working for young couples, but I spec this is the smallest house I ever worked in.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett