as in professionals
a person who has a lot of training, knowledge, or skill in a particular area
She was a specialist in chemical engineering with many years of experience.
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Recent Examples of specialists
This article was created by content specialists using various tools, including AI.
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Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
Education — not avoidance — is what specialists in the source recommend.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2026
Several Japanese artisans and heritage specialists are also involved in the restoration.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 14 May 2026
She was released on bail nearly 10 days later and transferred to a hospital in Tehran where her specialists examined her.
—Natalie Melzer, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
This article was created by content specialists using various tools, including AI.
—Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
The cuts include five cleaning specialists, 106 customer service agents, four dispatchers, seven supervisors and one lead agent, according to the letter included in the notice, signed by Vicky Matamoros, Vice President of HR.
—Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 7 May 2026
She was diagnosed at roughly 3 weeks old, and since then has been in a variety of therapies and sees several specialists, the mother added.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 7 May 2026
Top properties bring on medical doctors, Ayurvedic specialists, functional medicine practitioners, nutritionists, psychologists and movement coaches.
—Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026
Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
Education — not avoidance — is what specialists in the source recommend.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2026
Several Japanese artisans and heritage specialists are also involved in the restoration.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 14 May 2026
She was released on bail nearly 10 days later and transferred to a hospital in Tehran where her specialists examined her.
—Natalie Melzer, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
This article was created by content specialists using various tools, including AI.
—Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
The cuts include five cleaning specialists, 106 customer service agents, four dispatchers, seven supervisors and one lead agent, according to the letter included in the notice, signed by Vicky Matamoros, Vice President of HR.
—Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 7 May 2026
She was diagnosed at roughly 3 weeks old, and since then has been in a variety of therapies and sees several specialists, the mother added.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 7 May 2026
Top properties bring on medical doctors, Ayurvedic specialists, functional medicine practitioners, nutritionists, psychologists and movement coaches.
—Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for specialists
Noun
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Twenty-seven people remain on board the vessel – 25 crew members and two medical professionals – as well as the body of a German guest, who died on the ship on May 2.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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Hamilton may face Senate scrutiny over his lack of experience leading an emergency management agency, though his defense of FEMA’s federal role has earned respect among disaster management professionals.—
Gabriela Aoun Angueira,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
Noun
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Not the consultants charging five figures a day to explain it to executive teams.—
Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks,
Fortune,
13 May 2026
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In line with control science’s long-standing naturalization of capitalist hierarchy, and its war on intention itself, this reasoning made employers’ and consultants’ responsibility to their workers irrelevant.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
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“Specialists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specialists. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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