specify

“He’s not going to specify or commit to anything, and he’s not going to talk about the data. So the speech is not going to work.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

The new scheme will specify confined areas for offenders in plans tailored to them and developed in consultation with victims.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

He did not specify what punishment countries would face, and none other than Iran were mentioned by name.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

But it doesn’t specify whether the government will pay companies for their work or reimburse them for operational costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Is this a thing I have to specify?

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli

It also specifies that agencies are not required to treat engagement from AI or bots as if they were real humans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 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

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

Musk has not specified how much he intends to spend.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

The utility hasn’t specified how it plans to fund such a ramp up of projects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

For example, they can take a few seconds on one move and perhaps thirty-five minutes on another—as long as all the moves are made within the period specified by the tournament organizers.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Canada walked away from the table and had made new demands, without specifying what those were.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

In 2024, Buckingham Palace made Charles’ cancer diagnosis public without specifying the severity of his illness.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

Separately, a landslide in China's northwestern Gansu province killed five people on Tuesday, with rescuers working to locate 12 others still missing, Xinhua said, without specifying what caused it.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 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

If genes were discrete particles specifying one trait, then how could this property be reconciled with the occurrence of human characteristics, say, height or skin color, in continuous curves?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee