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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
Gurman says Apple is currently working with a team of in-house physicians and is planning to bring more doctors from different specialties to create instructional video content.
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Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2025
Practicing medicine on each other just to be cool, getting hyper-competitive over surgery assignments, going out of their specialties to shake things up and try to boost their rating?
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2025
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With an interdisciplinary structure that breaks down conventional barriers between specialties, the firm has transformed into a design collaborative that shapes how spaces are conceived, built, and renovated.
—Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
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Team 2 will survey the area associated with the tornado near Greenville.—
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Roach recommends using a dense synthetic angled brush to reach areas like the forehead and jaw.—
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His speciality was the trivela: that killer strike with the outside of the boot.—
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And for the author, who is also the brains behind the 2019 bestseller Mostly Dead Things, as well as 2021’s With Teeth, tackling the taboo in fiction is a speciality at this point.—
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That in itself makes the department venture a waste of time and money, as well as a danger to public health.—
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The Associated Press reported earlier this month that the department is planning to cut more than 80,000 jobs to return to its prepandemic staffing level of less than 400,000 employees.—
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Mercury in Pisces is a completely different vibe — one that pulls us away from the hard facts and into the realms of intuition, imagination and spirituality.—
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In the realm of legal technology, OpenText's Discovery suite, featuring Axcelerate, supports eDiscovery and investigations.—
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For a long time, video games were seen as the domain of young White men.—
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In exploring this connectivity, Lindeman extends the reach of her music further than ever, while also continuing to grow the Weather Station’s sound into a vespertine orchestral domain all its own.—
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Grimes scored in bunches against the Knicks on Tuesday and finished with a team-high 26 points on 8-of-18 shooting from the field, 1-of-6 shooting from the three-point line and 9-of-10 from the foul line.—
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The Los Angeles Dodgers were seen celebrating their victory on the field after winning the World Series last year.—
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When building or updating a home, lean into timeless and traditional elements.—
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As Verbeek changed back into her street clothes, the conversation turned to other elements of the wedding, which was going to be held, in eleven months, at the former estate of the sculptor Daniel Chester French, in the Berkshires.—
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An easy alternative—with stunning views to boot—is the walk from Port Elizabeth to the ruins of historic Fort Hamilton.—
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The Union Park data facility, run by Ark Data Centres, is a six-minute walk from the Hyde North substation.—
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“Specialty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specialty. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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