How to Use specificity in a Sentence

specificity

noun

• I was impressed by the specificity of her instructions.
• The specificity extends to the premise for the whole movie.
  — Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2021
• So spending time on the specificity of the lines of the office.
  — Ronda Racha Penrice, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
• What sticks out over the course of the picture is the sheer level of specificity.
  — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
• The temptation, at least for me, is to err on the side of specificity.
  — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 8 Sep. 2020
• The specificity of that deficit was key, and the seniors on Haltom knew it.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 25 Nov. 2020
• The lack of specificity seemed to push Disney Stock ending down about 3% for the day.
  — Richard Torrenzano, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2022
• The notion that came to him, though, on that steamy day lacked that kind of specificity.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Jan. 2021
• Chapek’s memo builds off of that with more specificity.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Nov. 2022
• The scenes set in Jane’s classroom gleam with specificity and verve.
  — Joanne Kaufman, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2021
• The key adaptation for a client with ADHD is the specificity of the step goals.
  — Antonia Bowring, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021
• The same can be said of her pictures, where specificity is a bit of a red herring.
  — Mark Holgate, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2024
• In the spirit of the game, Goldstein and Daley revel in the specificities of their world.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2023
• One of the many strange things pain does is thrust you back into your own specificity over and over again.
  — Liz Appel, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2023
• That specificity extends to the time period of the movie—in this case, 2002.
  — Amit Katwala, Wired, 11 Mar. 2022
• The CarPlay bug is perhaps the strangest iOS 15 bug yet just because of its specificity.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 30 Sep. 2021
• What makes the show spark is the specificity of the images that Wilson pairs with his deadpan text.
  — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2020
• And the theory was, the specificity of it was Christian was friends with Chip.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 20 June 2024
• The clinic idea gave the show structure and specificity.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2021
• She was awed by the specificity and expertise of the Pantone team.
  — Emily Ruane, refinery29.com, 29 Oct. 2020
• The main difference is price and specificity: front-end and back end.
  — Jon Younger, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
• The specificity of the outcomes is critical for the success of the programs.
  — Gooty Agraharam, Forbes, 7 July 2021
• There is always more to notice in the specificity of a single place or space.
  — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 17 June 2020
• Some of the power in the number comes from its striking specificity.
  — Kathleen Hennessey and Steve Leblanc, Houston Chronicle, 6 June 2020
• And just like with all good writing, specificity helps.
  — Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 17 Oct. 2023
• The weird specificity of this dialogue catches in the ear.
  — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2021
• What specificity could the league release at this time that would change those parents’ minds?
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 21 Aug. 2020
• One note of specificity Leach highlights is the reveal of Sofia’s scar on her shoulder in Episode 4.
  — Andrés Buenahora, Variety, 29 Oct. 2024
• The specificity of engaging with one particular city motivates some of the best of Mulaney’s work.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
• Like his previous plays, Jacobs-Jenkins unveils the specificities of being linked by blood.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 18 Mar. 2025