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- adjective Alternative spelling of
nonspecific .
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Examples
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This non-specific title includes steatosis, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, fibrosis and cirrhosis.
Julie Chen, M.D.: What's the Big Deal About a Fatty Liver? M.D. Julie Chen 2011
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This non-specific title includes steatosis, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, fibrosis and cirrhosis.
Julie Chen, M.D.: What's the Big Deal About a Fatty Liver? M.D. Julie Chen 2011
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In the previous post on articles – A is for articles (1) – I focused mainly on the indefinite article and attempted to correct the common misconception that the referents of a/an are both indefinite and non-specific.
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( "Is linked to" is my favourite non-specific innuendo, followed by "associated with," but "ties" is effective as well.)
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We were also thinking, during the process, about what the calamity of fleeing was here, and we decided to let it remain non-specific and hang in the air because it felt more like life like that.
Mike Ragogna: Small Source Of Comfort: A Conversation With Bruce Cockburn Mike Ragogna 2011
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Etc. My interests are fairly broad, so I'm going to leave it non-specific.
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That proposal "is subject to significant regulatory uncertainty, and, despite Omnicare's non-specific assurances to the contrary, antitrust clearance to combine the No. 1 and No. 2 players in institutional pharmacy is likely to be difficult to achieve and involve lengthy administrative and court proceedings," PharMerica said.
Omnicare Makes $441 Million Bid for PharMerica, Seeks Talks Jon Kamp 2011
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And although their songs are often About Stuff, U2 patented this stubbornly pervasive tone of wafty, inchoate, non-specific, quasi-spiritual yearning that has come to typify big stadium acts.
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Etc. My interests are fairly broad, so I'm going to leave it non-specific.
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We were also thinking, during the process, about what the calamity of fleeing was here, and we decided to let it remain non-specific and hang in the air because it felt more like life like that.
Mike Ragogna: Small Source Of Comfort: A Conversation With Bruce Cockburn Mike Ragogna 2011
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