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The phrase "a very specific sense" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a particular meaning or interpretation of a word, phrase, or concept.
Example: "In this context, the term 'freedom' takes on a very specific sense that differs from its general usage."
Alternatives: "a particular meaning" or "a distinct interpretation".
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And a very specific sense of isolation.
He exudes a very specific sense of gravity.
My love is like a red red rose only in a very specific sense.
E. L. Doctorow's work is a national treasure, and I mean this in a very specific sense: he rewarded us, over his many decades of productivity, with a vision of ourselves, as a people, a vision possessed of what I might call "aspirational verve": he saw us clearly and tenderly, just as we are, but also was able to see past that — to what we might, at our best, become.
Pill said that in preparing for the show, she "had a very specific sense that Maggie wouldn't wear too many pants (or heels, for the matter), because she's from the Midwest.
In balancing out the film's horror with humor, she said she relied heavily on Diablo Cody's script and Karyn Kusama's direction to pull it off, stating, "I have a very specific sense of humor, things that I think are funny aren't going to fly with middle America.
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Written and directed by Gia Coppola, "Palo Alto" is adapted from a collection of short stories by James Franco and conjures a delicate, very specific sense of middle-class adolescence, the indeterminate, nascent feelings of the teenage years.
no president has ever before had to deal with a Congress like this one in one very specific sense.
I love the sense of New York and Harlem in the twenties, and a lot of the work pays homage to that very specific sense of style, of the integrity of the people who made up that era".
However, even this very specific sense of the term sometimes allows for a broader usage that signifies the power or authority that lies behind such commands.
Historians are thus committed to the view that "mind exists" in the very specific sense that reality, when viewed from an historical perspective, comprises actions and is to be explained rationally rather than causally.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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