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The phrase "a very specific role" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a particular function or position that has clear and defined responsibilities or characteristics.
Example: "In this project, each team member will have a very specific role to ensure that all tasks are completed efficiently."
Alternatives: "a clearly defined role" or "a distinct role".
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I had a very specific role".
Each of the three men had a very specific role.
"That gave him a very specific role in our society, and he played it extremely well".
He is their designated hit man now, a specialist acquired to fill a very specific role: haunt left-handed pitchers.
I don't go to meetings, conferences or events unless if I have a very specific role.
"Colin Powell has defined for himself a very specific role as secretary of state," says a colleague from the first Bush administration.
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But it had a very specific purpose.
"A costume for the stage and a wedding dress both have very specific roles to fulfil," Pugh tells BBC Culture.
Despite signing some undeniably talented footballers, most notably Youri Djorkaeff and Jay-Jay Okocha at Bolton, he had a tendency to limit individual players' potential by restricting them to performing very specific roles, often creativity stifling ones.
I have also used actual production bugs for the test when we have been recruiting for very specific roles.
I often wondered whether I would not somehow have felt freer had I lived in earlier decades, in which choices for young women were limited to very specific roles.
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