specificity
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Now diners seem increasingly sensitive to the moment when all that optimization scrubs away specificity.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
It achieved an average detection accuracy of 97.79%, along with a sensitivity of 99.86% and a specificity of 95.72%.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
He tracks them down, travels with them, portrays them in all their unusual specificity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The unresolved trade issues between the two sides, a list that is almost comical in both its breadth and specificity, suggests why Ford has so much pull.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
This looks to us like a principle, maxim, or rule of thumb, not a law, because it lacks specificity.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing specificity
What If It's Us
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Top Ten Most Relevant Words from Republican Presidential Candidates' Debate - Nov. 10, 2015
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United States v. Nixon (1974)
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