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Recent Examples of subfield
Today the utility of this mathematical subfield is undisputed.
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Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 23 May 2025
Researchers in the burgeoning subfield of mechanistic interpretability, inspired by neuroscience, instead try to understand models by opening them up and poking around inside.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
Varma is an associate professor of the psychological/medial anthropology subfield and the vice chair of undergraduate studies.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
The move appears to drop nearly 400 of the library’s roughly 2000 journals, including several prominent titles in various agricultural subfields.
—Byscience News Staff, science.org, 20 Mar. 2025
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Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 23 May 2025
Researchers in the burgeoning subfield of mechanistic interpretability, inspired by neuroscience, instead try to understand models by opening them up and poking around inside.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
Varma is an associate professor of the psychological/medial anthropology subfield and the vice chair of undergraduate studies.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
The move appears to drop nearly 400 of the library’s roughly 2000 journals, including several prominent titles in various agricultural subfields.
—Byscience News Staff, science.org, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subfield
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This subspecialty—which for years compelled surgeons to seek training abroad—can now be pursued in Colombia under international standards.—
Dr. Victor Raúl Castillo Mantilla,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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Sharon also learned that the subspecialty of child abuse pediatrics itself has also been under increasing scrutiny.—
Jessica Lussenhop,
ProPublica,
30 June 2025
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Every 10 years, after a long debate about the scope and parameters of public funding for the BBC and the issuing of white papers, a charter for its continual operation is submitted to the Sovereign, now King Charles III, for the royal seal of approval.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
10 Nov. 2025
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The training program at Base Aeronaval Cristóbal Colón, formerly known as Fort Sherman, is relatively small in scope but is expected to ramp up over the next year, according to one defense official.—
Anne Flaherty,
ABC News,
10 Nov. 2025
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What would the amplitude of those gravitational wave fluctuations be?—
Big Think,
Big Think,
22 Oct. 2025
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As a person sleeps, this synchrony grows, producing brain waves that are lower in frequency and higher in amplitude.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
17 Oct. 2025
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These frequencies, Weber argued, had to be large, as gravitational waves passing through them would only induce a size change of a fraction-of-a-proton’s width.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
7 Nov. 2025
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Pruning Pruning will help restrict the height or width of the tree if desired and is sometimes needed to remove damage from winter dieback after extremely cold temperatures.—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Nov. 2025
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Mulzet also reflects on the timeliness of his writing and the breadth of his influences, including Europe and Asia more broadly.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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That breadth of audience from these types of shows is important to us and to our business model.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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Tobolowsky came late to sculpture, at least as a profession.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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Rather than focusing only on events designed for networking, broaden your list to include open houses, community forums, conferences, and any other meeting where people from your field (or from a variety of professions) might be gathered.—
Amy Lindgren,
Twin Cities,
8 Nov. 2025
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Looking back at the original, Wright’s film often seems more like a restoration project than a remake, to the extent that the director has taken a bold step away from the quaint comedy that peppers his British movies.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
11 Nov. 2025
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In Arise, all of this is pushed to the furthest extent.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Subfield.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subfield. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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