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Recent Examples of subfield
Then as now, the experts of a subfield by and large failed to predict the most seismic political event in a generation.
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Jason Blakely,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
But Anfinsen’s theory launched an entire subfield of computational biology with the goal of using complex mathematics, instead of empirical experiments, to model proteins.
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Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
28 Nov. 2025
Machine learning is a subfield of artificial intelligence that works by finding patterns and relationships in data.
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Azarang Asadi,
The Conversation,
10 Nov. 2025
Whether or not scholars have agreed with all the aspects of Shohat’s analysis, her call for Mizrahi studies certainly pointed toward that subfield’s subsequent expansion.
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Josh Lambert,
JSTOR Daily,
19 Sep. 2025
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Jason Blakely,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
But Anfinsen’s theory launched an entire subfield of computational biology with the goal of using complex mathematics, instead of empirical experiments, to model proteins.
—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
28 Nov. 2025
Machine learning is a subfield of artificial intelligence that works by finding patterns and relationships in data.
—
Azarang Asadi,
The Conversation,
10 Nov. 2025
Whether or not scholars have agreed with all the aspects of Shohat’s analysis, her call for Mizrahi studies certainly pointed toward that subfield’s subsequent expansion.
—
Josh Lambert,
JSTOR Daily,
19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subfield
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This creates financial disincentives for graduating medical students and residents to enter the pediatric subspecialty workforce.
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The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M), founded in 1992, was an early institutionalization of longevity medicine as a clinical subspecialty, historically oriented toward physician attendees.
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Parias' case showcases the nexus of the issues — and the narrow scope of oversight and resources within the judicial and agency level for someone injured by the federal agency that is also detaining them.
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His LinkedIn profile currently lists his most recent title as vice president of booster engineering—a refinement that narrows his scope to Starship’s first-stage Super Heavy booster, the most complex and powerful rocket booster ever constructed.
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Imagined through a multigenerational lens, the collection offers an amplitude of points of view, inspirations and ideas.
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Brown collected speech examples of 49 Canadians from online sources and analyzed the samples using the telltale acoustic markers of vocal fry, such as low and/or irregular pitch, spectral tilt (differences in amplitude between the first and second harmonics), and harmonics-to-noise ratios.
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One exception is a new option to adjust the width between nose pads to three different levels by manually opening and closing the pads on the glasses.
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This new version of the 1080p streaming stick has a smaller design — both in terms of width and volume — so its less obtrusive in a TVs HDMI port.
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Luxury houses, creators, athletes, musicians, founders and investors all now sit within the same conversation, and that breadth is precisely what makes Cannes so fascinating.
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The breadth of that representation is perhaps more telling than the rankings themselves.
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In a statement texted to the Star-Telegram before the phone call, Parker’s spokesperson said the mayor stressed that neither her husband’s firm nor his profession has any bearing on her decisions regarding matters before the City Council.
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Individual firms may have certainly adopted internal standards and reporting guidelines, but the accounting profession is still playing catch up.
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During the trial, the jury was not allowed to hear about the extent of Katy Puig’s injuries.
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While scientists are still uncovering the full extent of these connections, growing evidence suggests that the skeleton is integrated with the rest of the body rather than functioning as an isolated structure.
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“Subfield.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subfield. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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