- present participle of specify.
specifying
Example Sentences
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One of the bills, introduced by Stefani, expands the ability of certified nurse-midwives to provide care for pregnant and postpartum patients by specifying that supervision by a physician is not required when providing certain services.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Meanwhile the government in Kinshasa released a statement on X, without specifying numbers of casualties.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
In 2024, Buckingham Palace made Charles’ cancer diagnosis public without specifying the severity of his illness.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
It established the General Accounting Office, specifying that it “shall be independent of the executive departments.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 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
