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“I can’t really specify a timeline right now. I have a responsibility to brief Congress and other stakeholders before I really reveal that kind of thing, but we do expect action soon on that.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

The report included an FBI comment noting that address information “was not a valid field when creating a TikTok account” and that the source didn’t specify how China could have acquired U.S. address data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

The Australian government did not specify the charges to be laid against suspects in the alleged methanol-related poisoning but said it had been in "regular contact" with the Laos authorities.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

Altus Power, which owns the solar panels, declined to specify, citing the ongoing investigation into the fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

There are twenty amino acids in all, and four letters could not specify twenty alternative states by themselves.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

But the release specifies that some other information has been withheld - such as the identities of junior civil servants, or data judged by the government to be "commercially sensitive".

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

In the book Mr. King specifies that the instrument of destruction is a short roque mallet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

In nearly all organisms studied so far, every three letter codon either specifies one particular amino acid or signals the end of a protein.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 28, 2026

The trust specifies that he may — or may not — sell, mortgage or alter the designated beneficiaries and any proceeds from its sale must pass to the named beneficiaries.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 10, 2026

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

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Tech firms were only provided with the IMO problems after human contestants had taken the exam, with their submissions required within a specified time limit.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

He has not specified what form this might take but there is an expectation in Labour circles that giving people some relief with energy bills would be an obvious priority.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

“Cyclosporiasis is not usually life-threatening,” the CDC further specified.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

The law creating the FTC had specified the offenses that would warrant a firing, but FDR hadn’t shown that the commissioner had committed any of them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

They never specified any human actions that took place while their circles were in session.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

But rather than regulating dinner guests, Congress was specifying when mandatory duties attach to government officials stationed at ports of entry.

From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said it would "very soon" make an apology, without specifying exactly when.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

Machado, who is viewed as a fugitive by Rodriguez's government, has said she intends to return to Venezuela, without specifying a date.

From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026

Some container shipping is going through the Panama Canal, which has reported increases in daily transits since the war, without specifying which types of ships.

From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026

If genes were discrete particles specifying one trait, then how could this property be reconciled with the occurrence of human characteristics, say, height or skin color, in continuous curves?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee