specify
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In announcing its initial tiny home plan in January, the VA said funds would come from a 2025 appropriation but did not specify the amount.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Medics told the BBC two people died, but did not specify how.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Unlike typical tax documents, Blanche’s order doesn’t define key terms or specify which tax years, taxpayers and tax disputes are covered.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
The Guards did not specify the location of the base, but Kuwait, which hosts US troops, said its air defences responded to incoming fire.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
My argument was that it was as undemocratic to specify that the leaders had to be from the working class as to declare that they should be bourgeois intellectuals.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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