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specialize

[spesh-uh-lahyz] / ˈspɛʃ əˌlaɪz /


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The barrage of missiles and drones hit ships that specialize in short voyages in and out of the Persian Gulf known as “shuttle runs.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Only after Norwegians have sampled a bunch of different sports do they specialize in one.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

They also specialize in Korean seafood pancakes that are so good.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

This is in contrast to some money managers in the high-yield space who specialize in buying heavily discounted bonds of troubled or even bankrupt issuers.

From MarketWatch Jun. 2, 2026

There was a brief paragraph saying that John Parry had had a successful career in the Royal Marines and had left to specialize in organizing geographical and scientific expeditions, and that was all.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman

Sturgis specializes in these kinds of neurotic eccentrics, but his portrayal didn’t help me identify Ru’s secret appeal or believe in the trauma that we later learned occurred when his car broke down.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

“There’s so much fear and uncertainty about death,” said Rose Zealand, a financial professional who specializes in helping people who are in Clements’s position, and their families.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

For a documentarian who specializes in personal movies, “Remake” feels especially revealing — both in terms of the glimpses we get of this father-son relationship and of unsolved mysteries that linger just outside the frame.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 16, 2026

The James Webb Space Telescope is especially well suited to search for these hypothetical structures because it specializes in infrared observations.

From Science Daily Jul. 10, 2026

“Mr. Haber, did you know Ruby’s family has a store in Chinatown that specializes in art and furniture?”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

These highly specialized goods are typically sold to labs and scientists for research work or to develop certain vaccines.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

A US review panel on Thursday recommended loosening restrictions on the much hyped peptide BPC-157, voting that specialized pharmacies be allowed to produce it despite alarm bells from medical experts over safety concerns.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

Higher rates can raise the cost of every dollar borrowed to build data centers, develop specialized chips or upgrade power grids.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

The system could also convert the frequency of light without requiring additional specialized components.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

Some have become symbionts in more specialized, local relations, living as working parts in the tissues of higher organisms.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

She bought a three-bedroom house for $280,000 and, sensing Lehigh Acres had enormous potential, became a real-estate agent specializing in the area.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

The next day, that name emerged: California-based Taylor Farms, the third-largest producer of fresh produce in the U.S., specializing in packaged salad kits and fresh-cut vegetables.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

Therefore, he expects companies specializing in HBM and advanced chip packaging to maintain strong pricing power.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

The sale was arranged by Scott Keeney, founder of the Realest, a Los Angeles-based enterprise specializing in sports and entertainment memorabilia.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

Three days later Mr. Brown, a tiny gringo, arrived at the train station clutching a mysterious suitcase; Esteban introduced him as an agricultural technician specializing in insecticides.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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