- past participle of specialize.
- past tense form of specialize.
specialized
Example Sentences
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Cattle receive specialized, highly-regulated care and expensive feeds of barley, corn, alfalfa and rice bran.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Yes, a non-compete is legal if employees are “going to a competitor with specialized skills they gained on the job,” according to the New York Attorney General’s website.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
In a specialized clinic in the city of Oak Hill, the youngest black lung patient was just 30 when he was diagnosed with progressive massive fibrosis, the most severe form of black lung disease.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
According to the Employee Benefit Research Institute, it is harder for older people to get new jobs in tight labor markets unless they have highly specialized skills.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
In 1935 the dominant lab in this category had been the Cavendish, which specialized in reactions induced by alpha rays and protons; Berkeley could only compete in research on deuterons.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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