specific performance
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of specific performance
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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Rather than targeting raw qubit count, the company has shifted its focus to fidelity-driven scaling, ensuring its hardware reaches specific performance benchmarks before increasing system size.
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
“If you forced me to make a prediction,” Korobkin said, “I’m going to bet on money damages rather than specific performance, but I wouldn’t bet a lot of money on that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2026
A seller who tries to walk away may face a different prospect—a suit for specific performance, where the court is asked to force the sale of the property to the buyer, Goldstein said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026
The two men obviously came into the debate with some very specific performance strategies and they both did what they needed to do.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2024
Twelfth.—The rights of the city to be enforceable by action, for specific performance, or mandamus, or otherwise.
From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Paper No. 1150 by Raymond, Charles W.
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