specify
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In June, the Supreme Court did not rule on whether mortgage fraud met the “for cause” standard or specify the next steps in the case.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
The firm did not specify how people will be asked to apply, but the program will be administered by an independent third party unaffiliated with the company, the district attorney’s office said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
The numbers don’t specify how many were oil tankers or how many barrels they carried.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Police did not identify the suspect, nor did they specify a motive.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
To specify whether a lamp is on or off requires a single bit of information.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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"These are thick blocks of ice that can drift for years," specifies Dr. Abigail Dalton of the Canadian Ice Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
The most straightforward way of keeping your moods from affecting your portfolio is to have a detailed financial plan that, well in advance, specifies how you will react, come what may.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
It specifies no tax periods or matters, purporting instead to resolve “any and all claims,” forever, before agencies it does not even name.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
The text specifies that a procedure different to immediate returns at the border applies to those "intercepted on the high seas" because those migrants do not breach physical infrastructure.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Yet scientists today could undoubtedly, if they wished, fulfill for many species that part of the definition of domestication that specifies the control of breeding and food supply.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Hyde Lane is requesting Netflix and Netflix Studios be held liable for infringement, although no specified amount was listed in the suit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Keeping such a sparse, specified operation going means narrowing budgets wherever possible, especially when it comes to managing Canopy’s investments and data.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
If the closing is delayed, shareholders will receive a ticking fee accruing at a rate of 6% per year for a period specified in the agreement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Another factor that can increase the cost of graduation is buying an official photograph, with providers specified by your university, adds Allingham.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
I’d advised him repeatedly of his journalistic “rights,” that anything he said could appear in print unless he specified otherwise.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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In 2024, Buckingham Palace made Charles’ cancer diagnosis public without specifying the severity of his illness.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
The company had previously guided for significant revenue growth, but without specifying a figure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The ambiguity in the lyrics allied to the familiar, easy melody, Harrison believes, allows fans to "express an outpouring of love without necessarily specifying what it's towards".
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Trump posted on his Truth Social platform on Monday, without specifying the participants.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
The amendment established that basic rights of citizenship—including suffrage—would be granted to male former slaves, and by specifying the sex it explicitly denied those rights to women.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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