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as in area
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence
a doctor with a specialty in neurology
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as in speciality
something for which a person shows a special talent
singing operatic works is my specialty
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Recent Examples of specialty
The first collection of Richard Scarry mini prints launched in September 2025 with 20 vending machines and has since grown to 42 vending machines across 30 states, placed in independent bookstores and specialty retailers, as well as a terminal in New York's Grand Central Station.
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Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
Ball-hawking is his specialty, and his five interceptions this season ranked seventh out of all FBS players.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 22 Apr. 2026
Crafty Buffalo is a taphouse and grill serving burgers, draft beers, and bison specialties.
—Katie Riley, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2026
What is common at every school and what is specialty?
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
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Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
Ball-hawking is his specialty, and his five interceptions this season ranked seventh out of all FBS players.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 22 Apr. 2026
Crafty Buffalo is a taphouse and grill serving burgers, draft beers, and bison specialties.
—Katie Riley, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2026
What is common at every school and what is specialty?
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for specialty
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On Saturday, Moscow pummeled the central city of Dnipro and other areas for more than twenty hours with barrages of missiles and drones, killing at least seven people.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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High school and local college results and highlights from the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County coverage areas.—
Josh Krockey,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Dining at speciality restaurants Paxos and Kaito Sushi were highlights of the sailing—be sure to book reservations in advance.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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Trump can’t seem to refrain from touting his genius, especially when the subject is dealmaking, his professed speciality.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
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But Fox News Digital learned that a former athletics department administrator reluctantly accepted a voluntary retirement package, and then Berdo was hired shortly thereafter.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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That would be Cameron Foster, the longtime NFL agent who last year signed a one-year deal with UW to serve as its athletic department’s senior director of contracts and cap management.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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Space is the massive, ever-expanding realm beyond Earth’s atmosphere, spanning more than 93 billion light-years in the observable universe.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Apr. 2026
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Former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin got his feet wet in the NFL media realm and made a bold prediction about Aaron Rodgers' future in the league.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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Some may even be in the public domain and therefore available from multiple companies to package creatively, although publishers, along with authors and their estates, support long terms of copyright, and further extensions thereof, because this protects the value of the backlist.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
24 Apr. 2026
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In this limbo state, you’re technically admitted to the hospital, but still located in the physical domain of the ER.—
Elisabeth Rosenthal,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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Johnson and McCollum combined for 31 points on 12-of-27 shooting from the field after McCollum scored 32 points on his own in Game 2.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
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He was surrounded by numerous family and Braves alumni during the ceremony, which was relocated from the field to the Milner Technology Conference Center due to rain.—
Gabriel Burns,
AJC.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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It’s broken up into elements water, fire, earth and void.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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One element certainly different is Hollywood itself.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2026
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Yandy Diaz led off with a walk, went to second on a ground out and scored on a two-out single by Vilade that ended Messick’s night.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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As the countryside springs to life with an abundance of edible plants, now is a great time to start keeping an eye out for ingredients on your next walk.—
Irenie Forshaw,
TheWeek,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Specialty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specialty. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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