- past tense form of specialize.
- past participle of specialize.
specialized
Example Sentences
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The Sheriff’s Department dispatched a team of specialized crisis negotiators who attempted to negotiate his surrender, but the man refused to exit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
A surge in car exports from China is outstripping the capacity of the global shipping industry, booking out specialized car carriers years ahead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
It had an observatory and planetarium and featured custom-built domes, specialized solar-observation telescopes, and a natural science education centre.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The research team, headed by Bruno Weber, identified a specialized population of "regenerative" astrocytes in the brains of living mice.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
The changes are made in orderly fashion, step by step, each step directed and controlled by an enzyme of so specialized a function that it does this one thing and nothing else.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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