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Example Sentences
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"The sensor was also highly specific -- ignoring other similar RNA strands and detecting only the lung cancer target."
From Science Daily
As he notes, "this same virtue had become their experimental Achilles' heel: how do you "read" or "detect" a property that doesn't reside at any specific point?"
From Science Daily
Volunteer moderators help run the site by managing specific communities and ensure users stick to the rules and keep to the subject.
From BBC
He declined specifics for privacy reasons, and because there is no way to quantify the intertwined family and company relationships in Tumbler Ridge.
Corporations can craft their own access rules that are better suited to their specific needs.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
