specificity

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

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

"This is a very positive signal -- we now know it's possible to exploit this specificity to target certain cancer cells," says Jean-Claude Martinou.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026

What her books lack in character diversity, they make up for in specificity.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 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

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