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[spes-uh-fahy] / ˈspɛs əˌfaɪ /


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She did not specify what kind of commitment she is seeking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

The data does not specify how many voters were ultimately found to be ineligible.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

The Legislature’s final bill report also specifies that “various pension statutes are modified to specify that pension income is not exempt from the law.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Police did not specify what ride was involved, but aerial footage from news helicopters showed the Goliath rollercoaster stopped midway, with riders being helped off by workers.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

The letter did not specify the exact nature of the materials.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

It also specifies that agencies are not required to treat engagement from AI or bots as if they were real humans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

"These are thick blocks of ice that can drift for years," specifies Dr. Abigail Dalton of the Canadian Ice Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

The most straightforward way of keeping your moods from affecting your portfolio is to have a detailed financial plan that, well in advance, specifies how you will react, come what may.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

The paper says that although such workarounds do not break US or Chinese law, they do breach Anthropic's terms of service, which specifies that Chinese companies and foreign entities are banned from using its models.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

The information from the spacecraft specifies how bright or dark each dot is to be.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

The date of the attack was not specified, according to the release.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The deal also includes additional potential earnout consideration of up to $150 million based on the achievement of specified post-closing performance targets in 2028.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

A call option gives the buyer the right to purchase an underlying asset at a specified price before a predetermined expiration date.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

TAA specified lysine, while TAG specified glutamic acid.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Yet another specified an enzyme to break those chemical parts into subparts.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

For instance, if it helps a customer reduce its compute bill from $10 million to $6 million, it keeps some percentage of the $4 million in savings, Shashua said without specifying how much.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

"A drone attack caused a fire at the Yandex data centre in Sasovo, affecting part of its infrastructure," a Yandex spokesperson told AFP, without specifying the origin of the drone.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

One of the bills, introduced by Stefani, expands the ability of certified nurse-midwives to provide care for pregnant and postpartum patients by specifying that supervision by a physician is not required when providing certain services.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

The purported hacker has released snippets of the stolen client data—including Römer’s—and threatened to release more unless Revolut pays up, without publicly specifying an amount.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The amendment established that basic rights of citizenship—including suffrage—would be granted to male former slaves, and by specifying the sex it explicitly denied those rights to women.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling


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