specialize
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Their roster is filled with players who specialize in bat control, like Walls, veteran Cedric Mullins and speedster Chandler Simpson, who didn’t hit a home run this year but did have 14 bunt hits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
They made it a point not to pressure their kids to specialize.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
And a dwindling number of attorneys who specialize in death penalty cases meant 70% of condemned inmates did not have a lawyer at the end of last year, according to a state report.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
These funds specialize in using derivatives in ways that are particularly appealing to older, more risk-averse investors, ETF industry experts said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
In recent times, scientists have learned that the two hemispheres specialize in certain skills.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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The clouds were made in the Netherlands by a firm with a history of building steel ship hulls that now specializes in building complex steel constructions like the clouds using digital data.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Appel is now in his mid-30s and works as a financial planner based in Wisconsin who specializes in helping families with transitions like the one his own family faced.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
A study in mice now suggests that the drug may improve metabolism directly by activating brown adipose tissue, a form of fat that specializes in using energy.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Bethany Brand, a clinical psychologist and professor emerita at Towson University who specializes in trauma and dissociative disorders, describes dissociation as “a kind of disconnection from yourself or your experience.”
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
He specializes in complicated banking cases—“investment banking,” I’ve heard him say.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
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Eukaryotes are organisms whose cells contain a nucleus, a specialized compartment that houses most of their genetic material.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Moving it through a pipeline and into a tanker requires treatment that would add $15 a barrel to its cost, he estimates, not counting the specialized equipment needed to refine it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Sofie, based in Dulles, Va., operates a network of specialized pharmacies that distribute the tracers used in PET scans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
On Monday, Reflection AI announced its first open-weight model, called Beam, which is specialized for coding and agentic performance.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
It became possible, for the first time in human evolution, to develop economically specialized societies consisting of non-food-producing specialists fed by food-producing peasants.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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After about a year, I found a doctor specializing in menopause who prescribed an estrogen patch, testosterone cream and progesterone pills.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
In earlier work, the researchers drew on the expertise of 12 international panelists specializing in internal medicine, geriatric medicine and clinical pharmacology to develop a list of 65 PIPCs.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
She initially launched her brand under the moniker American Riviera Orchard, specializing in artisan jams she notably gifted to celebs, including Kris Jenner, Chrissy Teigen and Mindy Kaling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
The US government has been pouring money into the development of companies specializing in separation, refining and magnet production.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
Besides, their cousin, Bilbo, had been specializing in food for many years and his table had a high reputation.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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