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specificity

[spes-uh-fis-i-tee] / ˌspɛs əˈfɪs ɪ ti /


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The best immigrant stories insist on specificity even as they gesture toward something universal.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

"It's so important, I think it gives a specificity and authenticity to the show that I feel is an accurate representation of Wales today," she said.

From BBC May 19, 2026

Parr, ever in favor of vivid specificity, even then saw an opportunity to release the shutter.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 20, 2026

If you want a little more specificity as you move through these steps, keep it simple.

From Salon Mar. 19, 2026

In a way, it is the most unbiologic of all phenomena, violating the most fundamental myth of the last century, for it denies the importance of specificity, integrity, and separateness in living things.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas



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