specialties

noun

plural of specialty
1
as in areas
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence a doctor with a specialty in neurology

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2
as in specialities
something for which a person shows a special talent singing operatic works is my specialty

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Recent Examples of specialties Putting that standard into practice will require coordination across specialties. — Euan Ashley, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026 Practices inside one group can have different practice management systems, specialties, scheduling rules, insurance participation, call volumes, provider preferences and emergency protocols. — Manjot Pal, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 German food and beverage specialties and local microbrewery favorites highlight dining options, along with live music and children’s activities. — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026 Dinner is a prix-fixe menu featuring Quebec specialties like foie gras and duck. — Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2026 Patients can receive priority treatment for internal medicine and other specialties by paying 500 yen in addition to the consultation fee. — Masayuki Oi Japan News, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026 Pediatricians already typically earn less than physicians in many other specialties. — Nicolette Natale, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026 Candied chestnuts and violets, dark chocolates, and pralines are the specialties at Giovanni Galli, on Corso di Porta Romana. — Emma Bocchi, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026 Eleven hospitals that excelled in children’s care in all specialties received a special distinction. — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for specialties
  1. areas
  2. specialities
  3. departments
  4. things
  5. domains
  6. realms
  7. fields
  8. spheres
Noun
  • The governor of New York on Monday declared a disaster emergency because of measles cases in neighboring states and in rural areas of New York.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The spa itself is worthy of a visit, with spaces over three floors with an indoor-outdoor pool, spacious treatment rooms, outdoor relaxation areas, and steam and sauna rooms.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of areas
Noun
  • Don’t miss out on Belgian specialities, such as chips and mayonnaise, a classic now with heritage status (although here beef stew is the preferred topping).
    — Adrienne Wyper, TheWeek, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Another Los Angeles restaurant featured on the Times list was Holbox, serving specialities from coastal regions of Mexico.
    — Alexiah Syrai Olsen, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of specialities
Noun
  • The allegations come after the California Department of Human Resources sent a notice in February 2022 outlining that departments cannot approve employee requests to regularly work from out-of-state locations.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Major athletics departments instead spend toward sameness, waging arms races to build lookalike weight rooms.
    — Chris Park, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of departments
Noun
  • After things go awry in the Congo, the family in The Poisonwood Bible dissolves readily.
    — Sam Worley, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
  • In some ways, things have changed considerably for Reid over the last year after the television adaptation of her 2019 novel, Heated Rivalry, became a cultural phenomena.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of things
Noun
  • For the first time in years, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers — better known as ICANN — is accepting applications for new top-level domains.
    — David Pierce, The Verge, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Attackers hijacked three top-level domains and used their control to mint counterfeit TLS certificates for Google and other large organizations, Google said Tuesday.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of domains
Noun
  • But surprisingly large realms of online speech remained wide open.
    — Howard W. French, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Getty Images Meta’s new artificial intelligence agent Muse promises to make everything from booking appointments to building playlists easier, but its rollout of agentic shopping, in particular, has the tech and retail realms buzzing.
    — Caleigh Keating, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of realms
Noun
  • On the other hand, hunger declined to historically unprecedented levels, food prices fell, life expectancy rose, and countless new industries emerged to absorb the workers no longer needed in the fields.
    — Ali Kashani, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Floodwaters are beginning to impact farmland, woodlands, nurseries, parks, athletic fields, golf courses, greenways, and boat-access areas with up to 2 feet of inundation.
    — NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of fields
Noun
  • The researchers encapsulated three commercially available dyes in tiny spheres of poly(methyl methacrylate), or PMMA, a transparent plastic also known as plexiglass.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Wagyu beef and lamb koobideh are formed into bite-size, plump spheres doused in a sweet tomato and sumac glaze.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of spheres

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“Specialties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specialties. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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