How to Use specific performance in a Sentence

specific performance

noun

• Does any of the very specific performance feedback ring true?
  — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 18 Dec. 2023
• Musk is relying on what is known as a specific performance clause in the contract to avoid that penalty.
  — Rob Wile, NBC News, 13 May 2022
• No pay for specific performance, no short-term bonus, no stock options.
  — Philip Delves Broughton, WSJ, 31 July 2017
• Texas presents some distinct challenges, but this was not a Texas-specific performance.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Dec. 2020
• Seeking specific performance means asking a Delaware judge to force him to go through with the purchase.
  — Cara Lombardo, WSJ, 18 May 2022
• San Diego enacted specific performance measures in eight of the 14 projects reviewed; the other projects had undefined goals or no goals at all.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024
• And follow that up by pushing for specific performance-review goals (informed by your own research) that would bring you to parity.
  — Rob Walker, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2017
• Kenin's involvement in FP Movement should expand the brand's reach in tennis-specific performance.
  — Tim Newcomb, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022
• But without a specific performance goal, just being active regularly is enough to help me achieve longevity and positive health—which should arguably be the goal in and of itself.
  — Michael Easter, Outside Online, 14 May 2018
• Information on specific performance dates and venues can be found in the Twitter announcement.
  — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2020
• Features a series of site-specific performances throughout the center.
  — Mark Rapp, cleveland.com, 5 Apr. 2018
• For example, your clients’ answers can reveal whether their decision is driven more by issues of trust and control or a desire to avoid risk or reach specific performance goals.
  — April Rudin, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2023
• Tullock’s on-screen chemistry with Utt, as well as Light’s incredibly specific performance, propels the film forward, through messy half-baked subplots.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2019
• Twitter is suing for specific performance, a clause included in the contract—that Musk signed—saying Twitter can sue not only for damages but also to enforce the merger.
  — Scott Nover, Quartz, 12 July 2022
• But the merger agreement also includes a specific performance provision that allows Twitter to force Musk to consummate the deal.
  — Fortune, 12 July 2022
• The merger agreement includes a specific performance provision that allows Twitter to force Musk to consummate the deal, according to the filing.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 May 2022
• Asked to assess specific performances from the 37-20 defeat against the Baltimore Ravens Sunday night, Belichick kept his remarks general.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Nov. 2019
• The reason specific performance is rarely issued might be because botched deals that land in court often result in renegotiation.
  — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 July 2022
• But the Delaware court upheld Channel’s suit for specific performance, and forced Boston Scientific to close the $275 million merger.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2022
• In his ruling, Chalfant sided with the petitioners in ordering the state to commit to specific performance criteria in the event that its activities harmed wildlife and habitat.
  — Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2023
• That includes stock options that may have lost value and are dependent on meeting specific performance criteria.
  — Thomas Mulier, Bloomberg.com, 8 June 2020
• The merger agreement includes a specific performance provision that allows Twitter to force Musk to consummate the deal, according to the original filing.
  — Dallas News, 8 July 2022
• Some have symptoms in all social situations, while others have specific performance triggers, like eating in public or speaking in class.
  — Nicole Harris, Parents, 15 Aug. 2023
• The conglomerate already modified its bonus program for top executives in March to tie pay more closely to specific performance goals, including the level of cost reductions over the next year.
  — Ezequiel Minaya, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2017
• Stock grants have grown far more complex since 2011, sometimes linked to multiple specific performance measures and valued using head-spinning statistical techniques, but the problem hasn’t changed.
  — Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 5 May 2022
• Levine prefers an extremely large settlement, but admits that a shareholder lawsuit will be extremely likely if Twitter does anything less than seek specific performance at $54.20 per share.
  — Scott Nover, Quartz, 12 July 2022
• This would not preclude the government from setting its own outcomes standards in addition to accreditors’ standards, if Congress wishes to fund only schools that meet a specific performance benchmark.
  — Preston Cooper, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023
• There are high-water marks to be had in terms of specific performances and some exceptionally striking direction (each episode feels lovingly, singularly crafted), but each installment is a gem.
  — Isaac Feldberg, Fortune, 17 Jan. 2020
• This is undoubtedly an interesting processor, but its pricing and extremely specific performance advantages will limit it to a niche of a niche.
  — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 15 Apr. 2022
• Yet despite this multiplicity, the nature of its new medium means that an inherently ambiguous character must be fixed to a specific performance, going from passive observer to active presence.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 10 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024