as in specialty
something for which a person shows a special talent
my speciality is linguistics
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Other specialities include a BBQ Chicken Pizza and the Pizza a la Vodka, with that signature orange-red sauce.
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
This Patek upped the ante year with a perpetual calendar, the brand’s speciality, was added to the collection.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2026
Her speciality is finding regular people out in the wild, for projects that aim for gritty realism — American Honey, Euphoria, and the Safdie brothers’ films Good Time and Uncut Gems, which led her to casting Josh Sadfie’s Marty Supreme.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2026
The board also approved purchase of a technical rescue speciality box truck per a request from Crown Point Fire Chief Mark Baumgardner.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
This Patek upped the ante year with a perpetual calendar, the brand’s speciality, was added to the collection.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2026
Her speciality is finding regular people out in the wild, for projects that aim for gritty realism — American Honey, Euphoria, and the Safdie brothers’ films Good Time and Uncut Gems, which led her to casting Josh Sadfie’s Marty Supreme.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2026
The board also approved purchase of a technical rescue speciality box truck per a request from Crown Point Fire Chief Mark Baumgardner.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speciality
specialty
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On-site staff are available to residents at all developments in addition to the specialty teams responding to emergency heating, elevator, and skilled trades repair needs around-the-clock.—
Lisa Rozner,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Milo Rau, the Swiss playwright and director who began staging this pungent project back in 2011, and who has toured it worldwide, has made a specialty of examining atrocity onstage.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Speciality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speciality. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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