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subfield

noun

Definition of subfield

as in subspecialty

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Recent Examples of subfield In the summer of 2023, at the end of his third year of graduate school at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ilango was growing increasingly interested in an arcane subfield of complexity theory called proof complexity. — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 11 May 2026 Soft robotics, a subfield of robotics that says robots can be squishy, focuses on constructing robots from highly flexible, deformable materials and systems. — New Atlas, 22 Apr. 2026 But in deep industrial robotics, the techiest subfields of tech itself where the terrain is real and the stakes weigh in tons, the teams that focus on moving fast often end up moving in circles or straight into the wall. — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2026 The second is that biology has many highly specialized subfields, each with its own techniques and jargon. — ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for subfield

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Noun

Add Level 2 fetal ultrasounds, EEG epileptology screenings, and pediatric subspecialty consultations at the Jonesboro Outpatient Center.

— Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026
UConn Health provides high-quality and life-saving care and provides more subspecialty care than any other health system.

— Opinion, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of subspecialty

Noun

Dalrymple said the scope of decisions and the pressure to perform have never been more daunting.

— Samantha Subin, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
Analysts say that’s partly because the deals are narrow in scope, largely exist only in principle, and don’t apply to existing drugs used by the more than 200 million Americans with commercial or private health insurance.

— Stephanie Armour, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of scope

Noun

While the tapestry’s amplitude surpassed the metric limit, the metric itself was misleading, and the work could travel safely with no further changes.

— John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
There is genuine debate regarding the amplitude and significance of this apparent decline.

— Elizabeth Dray, STAT, 21 July 2026

Definition of amplitude

Noun

That will allow Castagne and Robinson to continue getting forward to provide width, while sacrificing one of the midfielders for an extra player in the back line.

— Thom Harris, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
This results in a world of patchwork range widths, inconsistent pay progression and incomplete or outdated surveys as leaders hop from one survey provider to another to account for low n-count.

— Maria Colacurcio, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of width

Noun

Such work could enter an encyclopedic museum like LACMA, Govan said, but the Lucas Museum offers a breadth and depth not found elsewhere.

— Jane Horowitz, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
For von der Goltz, that means investing in out-of-the-box marketing initiatives like this, which highlight Poshmark’s breadth of inventory with over 700,000 new listings added to the site every day.

— Ari Stark, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of breadth

Noun

This is absolutely the best thing that could ever happen this season to my profession.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026
Cho herself prepared by consulting the late master of the form, Frederick Wiseman, who was unabashed about the tension between documentary filmaking’s often radical politics and the privilege required to turn it into a profession.

— Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of profession

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Mercury's rough surface, continually reshaped by debris hurled from impact craters, may have hidden the true extent of the loss, according to the researchers whose findings appear in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
The Houthis’ growing alliances with armed groups in Somalia, Sudan, and elsewhere across the Horn of Africa also suggest the extent to which their current escalation could quickly spill over into the broader region.

— April Longley Alley, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026

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