subfield

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Recent Examples of subfield 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 The researchers who invoke oracles work in a subfield of computer science called computational complexity theory. Ben Brubaker, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2025 Students should begin by researching subfields that combine humanities with scientific disciplines, and find areas of overlap between their own various interests. Christopher Rim, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 In a paper describing her team’s analysis of 511 other papers, Ghassemi’s team reported that machine learning papers in healthcare were reproducible far less often than in other machine learning subfields. IEEE Spectrum, 29 Mar. 2021 See All Example Sentences for subfield
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subfield
Noun
  • Sharon also learned that the subspecialty of child abuse pediatrics itself has also been under increasing scrutiny.
    Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, 30 June 2025
  • Low-income individuals that received regular monthly cash stipends visited the emergency department less, had fewer hospital admissions and participated in more outpatient subspecialty care according to an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
    Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • The best way to keep avoidable conflict at bay is to outline day-to-day functions and operational scope for each of you.
    Vinayak Mahtani, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • While the finding closes one chapter in New Hampshire's most infamous homicide investigation, unanswered questions remain about Rasmussen's missing mother and the full scope of killer Terry Rasmussen's crimes.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • If a bunch of grandfather clocks are put in room together, for example, the biggest amplitude signal will entrain the others.
    Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The minimum vibration amplitude is known as the ground state, with excited states existing sequentially with an increase in vibration and energy levels.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Dig a hole that is the same depth as your mum, but at least 1 1/2 times the width of the root ball.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Select a size for your kitchen sink The most common width for a kitchen sink is about 30 inches, and most sinks are at least five inches deep but usually closer to 9 or 10 inches.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The program aims to demonstrate the breadth and depth of their art form — with pieces spanning the classical, folkloric, contemporary and flamenco styles — and the company’s half-century of output, earning them apt praise both here and abroad.
    Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • With a battery career stretching back to 2006, Workman’s technical breadth encompasses working with data centers in global tech companies, aviation battery systems, space energy platforms, and a passion for hot rodding electric vehicles.
    Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • According to a news release, the annual award honors and recognizes teachers who exemplify excellence in their profession as well as those who leave a lasting positive impact on their students.
    Pioneer Press, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • His jubilation that a serial killer might be loose in town is a familiar, and perhaps accurate, journalistic trope—bad for the world; good for the media—but not one that reflects well on the profession.
    Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Monitor the Garlic and Deer fires, keeping the both fires within their current perimeters and mop up the the extent necessary to prevent the likelihood of an escape.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Census numbers back that up to an extent.
    Ethan Singer, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Subfield.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subfield. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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