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Six example sentences with specify, each labelled with its topic.
The lease will specify that the tenant repaint every second year, and a court can enforce that written term like any other.
Law
Good recipes specify 120 grams of flour rather than a cup, because a cup packed tight can weigh half again as much.
Cooking
The coach made her specify which foot plants first on the crossover, because vague advice had produced three travelling calls.
Basketball
The drawings specify oak for every visible beam, and the contractor cannot substitute pine without written approval.
Architecture
The ticket must specify which browser version fails, because the bug appears in only one release.
Technology
The loan agreement will specify the exact interest rate, the payment dates, and what counts as a missed instalment.
Finance
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