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specialize

[spesh-uh-lahyz] / ˈspɛʃ əˌlaɪz /


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The first involves retinoic acid, a molecule produced from vitamin A. Retinoic acid helps regulate how cells develop and specialize throughout the body.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

As ecologist Doug Tallamy has chronicled, over 90% of herbivorous insects specialize on one or a few native plant lineages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Unlike many spiders that primarily capture insects, members of the genus Portia specialize in hunting other spiders.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

I think of the people who specialize in financial literacy for kids.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

“No more than most universities, I suppose. Of course, we do specialize in one or two areas, and that brings interested scholars from quite some distance. Not only scholars either.”

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

Mr. Blackwood, 50, is the founding president of Ralston College, which sits in the heart of antebellum Savannah and specializes in the study of Western humanities, sweeping from Plato to T.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Stewart would later work with the charity Refuge, which specializes in domestic abuse.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

The findings were published in the scientific journal Temperature, which specializes in research on body temperature regulation and its effects on human physiology.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Our region specializes in another kind of escape too: entertainment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Arthur Dula, an American lawyer who specializes in laws governing international space-related activities, stated that such discrimination should make Russia's Federal Space Agency ineligible for any more funding from the United States.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

Maintainers constantly repair aircraft, ordnance handlers load and unload munitions, and specialized mechanics fix engines in the carrier’s jet shop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

It is prone to breakdowns and difficult to fix, as replacement parts and specialized engineers are in short supply.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The team used specialized piston-cylinder and cubic presses to maintain these extreme conditions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

For years, researchers believed that tissue-resident memory T cells, specialized immune cells that remain in the body's tissues after an infection and respond quickly if the same threat returns, were guided mainly by chemical signals.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Sasha had been taken to Saint Francis Memorial Hospital in San Francisco so that they could be admitted into the Bothin Burn Center, a specialized unit that treats burn victims from around the Bay Area.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

So it came to be that I found myself walking a lush, wooded trail with psychotherapist Ismary Colón Angueira, an L.A.-based ecotherapist specializing in walking therapy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

As an archaeologist specializing in desert sites, this was a singular experience.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

The biggest AI companies are racking up potential legal liabilities running into the tens—if not hundreds—of billions of dollars, as AI adoption spreads through the economy, according to insurers specializing in AI risks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

"Adenocarcinoma is the most common kind of what's called non-small cell lung cancer," David Spigel, a medical oncologist specializing in lung cancer research at Nashville's Sarah Cannon Research Institute, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 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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