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specialist

[spesh-uh-list] / ˈspɛʃ ə lɪst /


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Because she required specialist care, midwives at Daisy Hill in Newry wanted to send Natasha Daryaie to Craigavon Area Hospital but were told there was no room.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

The Transportation Department recently announced an agreement with British company Core Power to set up a new framework for nuclear-powered merchant ships, including potentially setting up specialist nuclear shipyards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

In Kawasaki, on the southern outskirts of Tokyo, hundreds of machines at a venue operated by the specialist chain Benex are filled with bottles of soda, bags of sweets, and detergent.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

The rangy defensive specialist had 1.3 steals per game during the preseason.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

This madam was a specialist in her field.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

Since its first study in 2022, Deloitte found that some banks were becoming specialists in less-straightforward assets such as crypto, sometimes lending as much as 90% against it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Successive dynasties employed specialists to monitor celestial events because unusual phenomena in the sky were often interpreted as omens.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

Apollo, Blackstone and KKR, among other specialists in buying companies, became bigger players in the lending game, sometimes to finance the buyouts banks were balking at.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

In response resident doctors will hold a 24-hour walk out on Friday 20 November while consultants and specialists will operate a much-reduced service on the following Monday.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

So did English-language specialists aboard four Soviet submarines in the Caribbean.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin


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