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Recent Examples of specialized
Medium: Navigation and specialized satellites, intended to observe a specific area.
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Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
The state offered seven tax amnesty programs — a benefit typically used by households and businesses that can afford specialized legal counsel or accounting services — between 1990 and 2021.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2025
Vintners may pass specialized wine grapes or vines down through generations, preserving not merely a legacy, but a particularized body or complex.
—John Semley, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2025
This opens the door for remote health monitoring and could eliminate the need for specialized equipment or in-person evaluations.
—Achin Bhowmik, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
The state offered seven tax amnesty programs — a benefit typically used by households and businesses that can afford specialized legal counsel or accounting services — between 1990 and 2021.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2025
Vintners may pass specialized wine grapes or vines down through generations, preserving not merely a legacy, but a particularized body or complex.
—John Semley, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2025
This opens the door for remote health monitoring and could eliminate the need for specialized equipment or in-person evaluations.
—Achin Bhowmik, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for specialized
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Why the Chargers drafted him: When picking this far at the end of the draft, special teams tends to be the first fit, and Bridges is eager to apply his skills.—
Thuc Nhi Nguyen,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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Kansas coach Bill Self already has a special connection with UTEP transfer guard Ahamad Bynum.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
27 Apr. 2025
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The doughnut chain has announced a new Craving Cheesecake Collection of doughnuts, sold individually and by the dozen, available for a limited time starting April 22.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Fewer Chinese young people will likely be studying in the West, and the already small number of Westerners who do so in China will remain limited.—
RANA MITTER,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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Reports indicate that 10 to 30 percent of interviews – especially for technical roles – now involve some level of deception.—
Gene Marks,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Due to a technical issue, Underwood ended up singing the patriotic song a cappella, earning rave reviews for her performance.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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As things stand, that is certainly up in the air, especially with him set to he a restricted free agent after the season.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Apr. 2025
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If the recipient isn’t a Gmail user, however, they are presented with an invite to view the email within a restricted version of Gmail, using a Google Workspace guest account.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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From there, Groff and his costars will walk us through Darin's story, taking us into specific scenes then zipping through time to another significant point.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Molds belong to the kingdom of Fungi and is a specific form of fungi that grow filament structures known as hyphae.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Advocating for biological men in women’s locker rooms, while rooted in inclusivity, often feels esoteric to the typical voter.—
Nafees Alam,
Twin Cities,
23 Apr. 2025
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Fertility data used to be a fairly esoteric concern.—
Noel King,
Vox,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Specialized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specialized. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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