How to Use specify in a Sentence

specify

verb

• At the specified time, we rang the bell.
• She agreed to the terms specified in the contract.
• Can you specify the cause of the argument?
• The instructions do not specify what kind of screws to use.
• Specify the color and quantity when you order.
• All subscriptions are for one year unless otherwise specified.
• He clearly specified California wine.
• The post doesn’t specify the date of when the changes will take effect.
  — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 22 June 2024
• Police did not specify who the man with the firearm was.
  — Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 11 July 2023
• The lawsuit does not specify what was on the video or if Love was in it.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2024
• Police have not specified the cost of the damage to the stores.
  — Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
• The boot will specify the material of the upper and the sole.
  — Grace Wu, Good Housekeeping, 14 Nov. 2022
• The patent will specify the scope of protection and the duration of the patent term.
  — Jon Stojan, Journal Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2023
• The bill did not specify how many states needed to get these grants.
  — Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2023
• There is no need to specify the subject, or even to keep to a strict word order.
  — Han Kang, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
• The email did not specify the tweet or tweets that violated the IT Act.
  — Parth M.n., WIRED, 29 Mar. 2023
• The announcement did not specify the exact date the store will be open.
  — Reia Li, The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2024
• The letter did not specify why the board had denied the request.
  — CBS News, 15 Sep. 2022
• Which teams and leagues were clients is not specified in the indictment.
  — Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
• Police have not specified how the man and woman were killed.
  — Greg Hanlon, Peoplemag, 29 May 2023
• Noakes said the officers struck the man in the abdomen, but did not specify how many times he was hit.
  — Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2023
• The recipe doesn't really specify things like when to take the butter off.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2023
• Mary Marshall, a niece, confirmed the death but did not specify a cause.
  — Daniel Lewis, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2022
• The report didn’t name any of the companies nor specify whether any of them had been fined.
  — Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 17 July 2024
• Police did not say how the boy died in the release and did not specify what prompted the welfare check.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2023
• The agreement does not specify how many trees are to be planted.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2024
• Her death was announced by Pace Gallery, which did not specify a cause.
  — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 22 Jan. 2025
• The state data doesn’t specify whether any of these third-trimester abortions were at birth.
  — Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
• Durbin did not specify how the whistleblowers learned that information.
  — Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Feb. 2025
• Fabio Wajngarten, a lawyer for Bolsonaro, did not immediately comment on the charges but said there would be a statement, without specifying when.
  — Eléonore Hughes and Mauricio Savarese, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 6 Mar 2025