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specialize

[spesh-uh-lahyz] / ˈspɛʃ əˌlaɪz /


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They made it a point not to pressure their kids to specialize.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

And a dwindling number of attorneys who specialize in death penalty cases meant 70% of condemned inmates did not have a lawyer at the end of last year, according to a state report.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

The New York Times reports this week that scholars who specialize in machine consciousness have been receiving outreach from AIs to discuss the subject.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

These funds specialize in using derivatives in ways that are particularly appealing to older, more risk-averse investors, ETF industry experts said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

“I specialize in the pathology and therapeutics of the blood,” he said.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

“It does not inspire confidence to know that this kind of wild understatement happened,” said Andrew Granato, a law professor at the University of Texas at Austin who specializes in corporate finance and insurance.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

Singh worked with Jyoti Katoch, an associate professor of physics who specializes in fabricating devices from such materials.

From Science Daily Sep. 3, 2026

The firm specializes in copper cables used to connect AI servers to networking switches.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

Adam Christing is best known as the founder of Clean Comedians, a group that includes Nate Bargatze and specializes in stand-up routines that are free of profanity and dirty jokes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

And today Livotny & Associates is a growing firm of twelve full-time people, which specializes in thematic restaurant design, what I still like to call “theme eating.”

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

The solution is essentially an array of specialized sensors that allows a Digit 5 to reliably detect people in its vicinity and slow its movements the closer someone gets to it.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

Because ectopic pregnancies usually cause complications before standard prenatal care begins around 10 weeks, patients often rely on emergency departments, where doctors don’t typically have specialized training in pregnancy care.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

She cited a decision this week by Ecuadorean officials to eliminate judges from a specialized judicial unit focused on anticorruption and organized crime.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

Birds are a highly specialized branch of the dinosaur family tree, with a history stretching deep into the Mesozoic Era.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

A major reason is that Aborigines remained hunter-gatherers, whereas, as we saw in Chapters 12-14, those developments arose elsewhere only in populous and economically specialized societies of food producers.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

In earlier work, the researchers drew on the expertise of 12 international panelists specializing in internal medicine, geriatric medicine and clinical pharmacology to develop a list of 65 PIPCs.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

“No one can tell you with a straight face where interest rates are going,” Jim Lebenthal, who was a market strategist specializing in municipal bonds, wrote in 2009 in his now-classic “Lebenthal on Munis.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

“Prevention is always better than rehabilitation,” says Mike Teater, director of balance for Fyzical, a national network of clinics specializing in balance and dizziness.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

The road to recovery is long, and some patients "still haven't really grasped the magnitude of what happened to them," Bianca Damaso, a physician specializing in prosthetics, told AFP.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

Besides, their cousin, Bilbo, had been specializing in food for many years and his table had a high reputation.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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