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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The test was found to have around 83% sensitivity and 90% specificity in a study, which included nearly 8,000 people, published in March in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 29 July 2024
Trump has never shown much interest in the specificity of agency budgets, other than those dealing with border security.
—Paul Kane, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
Everson charts parallels between these men’s labors; their transmissions are shot through with the specificities of history, commingling gestures of labor and protest.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 15 Aug. 2024
That specificity is one of the keys to their success, says Francesco Dandekar, a sports psychiatrist at Stanford University.
—Keren Landman, Vox, 27 July 2024
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Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 29 July 2024
Trump has never shown much interest in the specificity of agency budgets, other than those dealing with border security.
—Paul Kane, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
Everson charts parallels between these men’s labors; their transmissions are shot through with the specificities of history, commingling gestures of labor and protest.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 15 Aug. 2024
That specificity is one of the keys to their success, says Francesco Dandekar, a sports psychiatrist at Stanford University.
—Keren Landman, Vox, 27 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for specificity
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“Specificity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specificity. Accessed 18 Sep. 2024.
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