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as in area
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence
a doctor with a specialty in neurology
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as in speciality
something for which a person shows a special talent
singing operatic works is my specialty
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Recent Examples of specialty
Some specialty items from Robinson’s collection include first editions from Frederick Douglass, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright and more.
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Kansas City Star, 11 July 2025
In a landscape where visual appeal is everything, supermarket and restaurant retailers rely on specialty items to carve out their unique identity.
—Molly Peck, USA Today, 10 July 2025
Safety-net hospitals, including academic centers such as Johns Hopkins, deliver large volumes of uncompensated care and serve as critical access points for emergency and specialty care.
—Jacob Murphy, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2025
The diversification of financial securities under blockchain protocols is precisely the specialty of these protocols.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
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Kansas City Star, 11 July 2025
In a landscape where visual appeal is everything, supermarket and restaurant retailers rely on specialty items to carve out their unique identity.
—Molly Peck, USA Today, 10 July 2025
Safety-net hospitals, including academic centers such as Johns Hopkins, deliver large volumes of uncompensated care and serve as critical access points for emergency and specialty care.
—Jacob Murphy, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2025
The diversification of financial securities under blockchain protocols is precisely the specialty of these protocols.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for specialty
Noun
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Russian Telegram channels reported that the wreckage of the drone fell in a residential area and set fire to cars.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
20 July 2025
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Just over two weeks after deadly flash floods hit Central Texas, the Kerrville city officials announced the number of missing people has dropped to three in Kerr County, the area most devastated by the disaster.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
20 July 2025
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Other lines of speciality include fishmonger, meat butcher, bakery decorator, cheese professional, and produce professional.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
17 July 2025
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The company is initially focusing on applications in urology, a speciality that is known for a high frequency of these procedures.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Employers believe that workers in specific departments, like sales and marketing (85%) and human resources (78%), will derive significant value from AI implementation.—
Rachel Wells,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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By the time our department chief got word that there had been a mass shooting at PittFest, his senior resident was incommunicado.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
15 July 2025
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The Dreck Equation is an appeal to policymakers to recognize that unwarranted regulation of every sort, not just notice and comment but realms beyond can sacrifice startups, employment and wealth creation.—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Spoelstra said a fourth-year leap with the 6-foot-10 forward certainly is within the realm.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
13 July 2025
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These children show difficulties across almost every domain: language, cognition, behavior.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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The domains saw repeat inclusion in 2020, but have not been included on the list since, the AAFA said.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
18 July 2025
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Baseball’s technical folks put three-dimensional images on the Truist Park field of the Los Angeles Dodgers players at their positions from that night of April 8, 1974 at old Atlanta Fulton County Stadium.—
Terence Moore,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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In 2026, the European Space Agency will launch its Planetary Transits and Oscillations of Stars (PLATO) mission, which will conduct its own survey of transiting planets, as well as revisit Kepler's field.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
15 July 2025
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Plaintiff Phone Discovery: Critical Strategic Elements Successful phone discovery requires understanding several strategic elements that can significantly improve outcomes: The Education Component: Many resistance issues stem from genuine misunderstanding about what cell phone forensics involves.—
Lars Daniel,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Dress-up, of course, is a traditional element of ocean voyaging.—
Guy Trebay,
Travel + Leisure,
15 July 2025
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The city earned a bike score of 57.6 and walk score of 61.5 — the latter being nearly 12 points higher than Madison's walk score.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
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Airport officials have estimated the walk as less than five minutes.—
Kelly Puente,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 July 2025
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“Specialty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specialty. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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