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The phrase "a specific incident" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to an event that happened at a particular time and that has a certain significance or importance. For example, "The CEO was upset about a specific incident that happened in the warehouse earlier that day."
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Ying-Ying directed the conversation back to a specific incident in the book.
It could be a specific incident: an accident, an ugly confrontation, or being lost and alone in a strange place.
For a specific incident wave frequency, near-standing wave motion can be observed inside the structure.
The commissioner's office wants to know about a specific incident that was described in this week's issue of Sports Illustrated.
"It wasn't a specific incident which happened, it was the fact that I knew people were coming here to help.
And if a complaint refers to a specific incident, it's often quite clear to the manager which person filed it.
The paper even pointed to a specific incident in 2007 that illustrated a growing selfishness and cynicism in China.
But Philip T. Reeker, a State Department spokesman, denied that, saying the administration was responding to "a specific incident with respect to a kidnapping".
Pressed on whether there was a specific incident that precipitated Blatter's resignation, he added: "That is something I wish to keep to myself.
He's referring to a specific incident, when the boss of the Royal Court theatre cancelled a controversial play Loach was directing.
It sounds as if he might have a specific incident in mind, but he grows quiet when his wife emerges from the store.
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