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Recent Examples of subspecialty
Child-abuse pediatrics is a relatively new subspecialty whose practitioners work closely with police officers and social workers to investigate potential cases of intentional harm.
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Kirsten Potter Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Additionally, the company offers other pediatric subspecialty services supporting hospitals.
—Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
The split would foster subspecialty development, research, and innovation in these historically underexplored areas while giving young doctors the opportunity to specialize in one or the other.
—Dr. Elizabeth Poynor, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
So, hepatology is a subspecialty under gastroenterology.5 Gastroenterology vs Hepatology
Specialist appointments can be hard to find.
—Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2024
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Kirsten Potter Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Additionally, the company offers other pediatric subspecialty services supporting hospitals.
—Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
The split would foster subspecialty development, research, and innovation in these historically underexplored areas while giving young doctors the opportunity to specialize in one or the other.
—Dr. Elizabeth Poynor, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
So, hepatology is a subspecialty under gastroenterology.5 Gastroenterology vs Hepatology
Specialist appointments can be hard to find.
—Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subspecialty
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Against a sea of applicants with similar resumes and backgrounds, those who exhibit nuance, complex critical thinking, interdisciplinary curiosity, and who specialize in a subfield distinguish themselves from the crowd.—
Christopher Rim,
Forbes.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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Then as now, the experts of a subfield by and large failed to predict the most seismic political event in a generation.—
Jason Blakely,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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If the definition of AI is broad, all kinds of potentially non-AI systems will fall into the scope, which is presumably unintended.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Treat income as the leverage point The return on improving your skills, expanding your scope, building new earning streams, or stepping into higher-impact roles dwarfs the difference between a 6% or 8% market return.—
Sahil Bloom,
CNBC,
24 Jan. 2026
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But the automation of much of the coding process has also raised questions about the future of software engineering roles, particularly entry-level positions that have traditionally served as training grounds for the profession.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
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Or even in one of the area’s top profession, construction.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Jan. 2026
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On the theory side, an obvious solution to the hierarchy problem could drop naturally out of the geometry behind scattering amplitudes.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
26 Jan. 2026
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Instead of standard binary coding information utilizing electronic circuits using signals of ones and zeros, the researchers use the amplitude and phase of light waves to store, process, and communicate data.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
10 Dec. 2025
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The Custard-Enloe dynamic duo was recognized for the breadth of the two women’s contributions to making Dallas a better, more humane place to live.—
Cheryl Hall,
Dallas Morning News,
24 Jan. 2026
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Granick raised concerns about the breadth of information that the FBI could obtain if agents get access to data protected by BitLocker.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Predictably, his greatest share of touches comes between the width of the posts, inside the penalty area.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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The extra width makes a huge difference in this home and its living area is very spacious by tiny house standards.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 Jan. 2026
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Researchers are yet to grasp the full extent of how these many different sounds are integrated into dolphins’ communication networks.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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But Golden State struggled to a remarkable extent offensively.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
27 Jan. 2026
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To that point, Bataillon reasoned that an eligibility rule doesn’t fall within the ambit of Alston since the rule is not about compensation, let alone the type of compensation at issue in Alston.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
27 July 2025
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Those who would argue that this abuse of power constitutes a crime should remember that Trump and his team have avidly proclaimed that presidents must have immunity from criminal prosecution for acts within the broad ambit of executive power.—
The Editors,
National Review,
24 July 2025
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“Subspecialty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subspecialty. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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