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strong suit

noun

Definition of strong suit

as in specialty

something for which a person shows a special talent languages are definitely the diplomat's strong suit

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Recent Examples of strong suit Hafele scored at a decent clip in the USHL this season, although scoring and creativity don’t project as his strong suit at higher levels. — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 26 June 2026 Honestly, science and math were never my strong suits until Bill Nye landed in my after-school TV rotation. — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 22 June 2026 Making a churro that tasted like her childhood also involved a lot of math, something Serna said was not her strong suit. — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026 The 76ers have the 22nd pick of the June 23 draft, a recent strong suit of the franchise after years of high-profile misses that curtailed the path toward contention. — CBS News, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for strong suit

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In Arizona, the impact could be felt through higher prices on products made with Canadian materials or imported from Canada, including some building supplies, specialty foods, dairy products and alcoholic beverages.

— Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Community members have been buying their veggies, fruit and specialty goods at the open-air market for the past 26 years, until its closure in 2025 due to the Palisades Fire.

— Julie Sharp, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of specialty

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Order an excellent steak or burger or opt for Irish specialities like fish and chips or steak and mushroom pie.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2026
About a third of the rate increase requests are due to rising prescription drug costs - driven largely by high prices for speciality medications and substantial increases in the use of GLP-1 drugs.

— Mahsa Saeidi, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

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There are few things more beautiful than the corona, the sun’s atmosphere, visible only during total solar eclipses like the one that occurred last week over a narrow swath of eastern Greenland, western Iceland and Spain.

— Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2026
In the 1990s, few lawmakers under the Gold Dome had the ability to get things done like Walker.

— Riley Bunch, AJC.com, 20 Aug. 2026

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