- present participle of specify.
specifying
Example Sentences
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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
It established the General Accounting Office, specifying that it “shall be independent of the executive departments.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
But rather than regulating dinner guests, Congress was specifying when mandatory duties attach to government officials stationed at ports of entry.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026
Military logistics facilities and radar systems were also struck, the president said, without specifying where.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
It is often helpful to think of the four coordinates of an event as specifying its position in a four-dimensional space called space-time.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
