specialties

plural of specialty

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Recent Examples of specialties Apple pies, cider doughnuts, cider drinks and other specialties are only a few of the means to savor all of fall’s enjoyments. Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 Sep. 2026 While this may seem incongruous with some of his emotional displays on the field, coaches with different backgrounds and specialties have consistently described Crow-Armstrong as approachable and teachable. Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 This limited Missourians’ awareness of their much larger suite of specialties, which included workers’ comp, family law, and personal injury. Jason Phillips, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 Postproduction covers anything that happens in the final stages of filmmaking, including specialties like sound design and color grading. Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026 Add Alsatian specialties including stollen (fruit bread) and kugelhopf (a type of bundt cake) to your order for an authentic experience. Gabi De La Rosa, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2026 Lamboglia has preserved some Sicilian specialties, like the panelle, though Buffa’s tripe in tomato sauce is long gone (as is the spleen sandwich). Rachel Corbett, Curbed, 31 Aug. 2026 The system has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration since 2000 and is now used across several medical specialties. Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026 The band features an almost unheard-of 11 musicians, all among Ireland’s best in their musical specialties. Dan Kelly august 30, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for specialties
Noun
  • The report highlights that even as fiber lines are extended into rural areas and billions of federal and state dollars are deployed, affordability and access remain insurmountable barriers for many families.
    Erin Mote, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Preliminary plans call for a gas station with an AM-PM mini-mart building, restrooms and storage areas.
    Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • The lunch and dinner menus provide options of traditional Cyclades specialities; think Greek salad, chicken meatballs, spanikopita.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Some departments have reversed cuts and hired some workers and contractors back in certain roles to fill government needs while are also continuing plans to relocate staff out of Washington to regional hubs, which could also lead to attrition.
    Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Colleges are cutting costs by eliminating humanities departments.
    Nora Oakes Howard, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Erin then complains about her daughter and drones on about all sorts of things that no one can even pretend to care about.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026
  • These were pretty innocuous in the grand scheme of things, but were hanging as a PR headache for Ferrari heading to its home race.
    Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Cybersecurity company Nebty has linked about 119,000 domains to a fake shopping operation called DoppelCart.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • From Beijing’s perspective, restraint in both domains would only lock in Washington’s advantages, leaving China open to bullying and blackmail.
    Andy Browne, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • In addition to his glitzy looks for celebrities and public figures of all realms, Mackie also tried his hand at retail in the ‘80s, launching lines of lingerie, fine jewelry and fragrances.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Trump does have expertise in a handful of realms, such as construction, entertainment, and men’s discount shoeware.
    Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Today, that room looks across UC Davis experimental fields — and toward the small airport where the home’s current owner, Elizabeth Thigpen, learned to fly as a teenager.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026
  • More than 60 have been approved, in fields including respiratory care, cybersecurity and water resource management.
    Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • To avoid ambiguity, no string can belong to different code words’ spheres.
    Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Other doctrines like predestination (where some people are chosen for salvation and others are damned) have further broken the world into separate spheres.
    Casper ter Kuile, Vox, 16 Sep. 2026

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“Specialties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specialties. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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