as in accuracy
careful thoroughness of detail
the specificity of your description of your medical condition was a bit more than I needed
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Recent Examples of specificity
One note of specificity Leach highlights is the reveal of Sofia’s scar on her shoulder in Episode 4.
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Andrés Buenahora, Variety, 29 Oct. 2024
An odd oversight Compare McDonald’s speed and level of specificity to Chipotle’s handling of its multiple E. coli outbreaks in 2015.
—Beth Kowitt, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
The board and succession planning committee had heard from investors that providing more specificity to the succession process was important to them, according to a person familiar with the matter.
—David Goldman, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
Business operations in our concept of the ‘future IFS city’ all operate with systems that are finely tuned so that all AI recommendations have an intense level of specificity and accuracy.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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Andrés Buenahora, Variety, 29 Oct. 2024
An odd oversight Compare McDonald’s speed and level of specificity to Chipotle’s handling of its multiple E. coli outbreaks in 2015.
—Beth Kowitt, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
The board and succession planning committee had heard from investors that providing more specificity to the succession process was important to them, according to a person familiar with the matter.
—David Goldman, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
Business operations in our concept of the ‘future IFS city’ all operate with systems that are finely tuned so that all AI recommendations have an intense level of specificity and accuracy.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for specificity
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Researchers at Ohio State University College of Nursing have developed a blood test that can potentially predict the risk of preterm birth during the early stages of a pregnancy with about 97.5% accuracy.Alex Knapp, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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But Ridley Scott as well as screenwriter David Scarpa aren't really going for complete historical accuracy here.Esther Zuckerman, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
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Even operations that military analysts laud for their technical sophistication have lacked the precision to avoid widespread harm to civilians.Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
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If there’s enough to the role, there’s the precision of film acting.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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For her sons, who surely were in the best position to experience the particularity of her being, the last thing the diaries can be seen as is the justification of her abuse and neglect by reason of her life in mid-Fifties America being in some sense typical for women of her type.Will Self, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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Another bitcoin particularity is its four-year halving cycle, which also affects its price dynamics.Marie Poteriaieva, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Specificity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specificity. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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