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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.
—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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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
Noun
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Importantly, these recommendations apply to adolescents as well as adults, acknowledging that the disease often begins years before patients reach subspecialty care.—
Sarah Berg,
STAT,
26 Mar. 2026
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Experts — mass killing markers are now common enough to be their own architectural and planning subspecialty — stressed that there should be no hurry to build.—
Eric Dexheimer,
Houston Chronicle,
3 Jan. 2026
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Studies to this point have been limited in their scope or sample sizes, Trela said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
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The consequences are significant, given the scope of L’Oréal’s operations in North America.—
Jenny B. Fine,
Footwear News,
8 May 2026
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Keith leads us toward this richer amplitude.—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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But there’s an uncertainty of around 20% on each of those figures (and, correspondingly, for the redshift as well), as a lower-mass merger that was closer or a higher-mass merger that was more distant would produce a signal with roughly the same amplitude.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Apr. 2026
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The huge width is what enables the boat to harness so much power from the wind in its sails.—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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Ideal for an elevated work-from-home setup, the desk upgrade adds a 16-inch-deep desk surface that spans the entire width of the bed (whether vertically or horizontally oriented).—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
5 May 2026
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However, Sakakihara does not have Cohen’s breadth and depth of policy know-how.—
Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards,
Mercury News,
8 May 2026
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Yet those absences alone cannot explain the breadth of struggles threatening the Astros’ season.—
Matt Kawahara,
Houston Chronicle,
7 May 2026
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But Anthony Fauci is a near-perfect example of the modern public health profession, someone who believes fanatically in his own infallibility.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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One nurse waited until her seven children were grown before entering the profession in her 50s.—
Nancy Badertscher,
AJC.com,
7 May 2026
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The extent of the spill was disputed Sunday by the government of Trinidad and Tobago, which said only 10 barrels were spilled and the spill was contained the same day it was detected, May 1.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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This happened with the shooting at NFL headquarters in New York City, when Charlie Kirk was assassinated, and to a lesser extent, with the recent incident at the White House Correspondents dinner.—
Lorena O’Neil,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2026
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“Subfield.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subfield. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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