specificity
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"In an AI search engine, the average length is 40 to 60 words. So, you're talking about an order of magnitude of specificity change."
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
What her books lack in character diversity, they make up for in specificity.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
By examining evolutionary relationships between uracil sensors and related sensory domains, the team found that ligand specificity can change relatively easily over time.
From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026
Sometimes you have to ask for what you want multiple times, with increasing specificity, even when the question is: What should I learn about AI to do my job better?
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 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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