as in specialties
something for which a person shows a special talent
doing funny impressions of people has always been my forte
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Most tahini dishes are savory appetizers but tahini is also used in sweet specialties like halva.—
Faye Levy,
Oc Register,
11 Feb. 2026 -
Cream puffs that defy gravity are among the specialties here, and that doesn’t change on Valentine’s Day, when your heart should be light, too.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Feb. 2026
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Fact-check things on social media before reposting them, using sources that provide links to original documents.—
Brenda Looper,
Arkansas Online,
11 Feb. 2026
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Kisilevych noted that some Ukrainians are promised that if things go wrong, they will be exchanged for Ukrainian citizens held as prisoners of war by Russia.—
Daria Tarasova-Markina,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Other specialities include a BBQ Chicken Pizza and the Pizza a la Vodka, with that signature orange-red sauce.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
7 Feb. 2026
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Cozy up to the brick fireplace and indulge in house specialities like pretzel sticks with warm beer cheese, sriracha aioli, and pub mustard, and pan-seared New Bedford scallops with Mozambique risotto.—
Anna Laird Barto,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Nov. 2025
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Bedwell needs her stable of presenters for this year, eligible to both men and women, to share their stories in this series of live original readings and performances by local artists and talents about the universe that is motherhood.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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Designer Katie Martinez earned her stripes working with talents such as Nicole Hollis, the Wiseman Group, and the Rockwell Group before launching her own eponymous firm in 2013.—
Elizabeth Stamp,
Architectural Digest,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Fortes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fortes. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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