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Recent Examples of specialized
Our approach to burn survivorship care at the Connecticut Burn Center is complex and requires a specialized, multi-faceted approach.
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Dr. Jaclyn M. Piselli, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026
Weatherproof outdoor power strips can be purchased for any outdoor jobs, and specialized industrial strips exist for high-voltage uses.
—Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 16 May 2026
Upright walking allowed increasingly specialized use of one hand over the other.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026
Compared to mammals, the axolotl brain is much less densely specialized and metabolically demanding.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
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Dr. Jaclyn M. Piselli, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026
Weatherproof outdoor power strips can be purchased for any outdoor jobs, and specialized industrial strips exist for high-voltage uses.
—Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 16 May 2026
Upright walking allowed increasingly specialized use of one hand over the other.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026
Compared to mammals, the axolotl brain is much less densely specialized and metabolically demanding.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for specialized
Adjective
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Walking across shiny, immaculately clean floors into the still room, a tour leads visitors to a room with the immense structures the Bakers use to make their special brand of whiskey.—
Emily M. Olson,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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The duo has been known to pull out all the stops for their kids’ special days.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
17 May 2026
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Marettimo The most remote of the Egadi Islands, tiny Marettimo—accessible via ferry from Trapani—remains delightfully rustic thanks to its limited accessibility, near absence of cars, and lack of large hotels.—
Nicky Swallow,
Travel + Leisure,
17 May 2026
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And while the state has seen strong GDP growth in recent months, business groups still worry that this economic success could be stifled by limited job growth and economic uncertainty in the wake of federal policy changes.—
P.R. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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Republicans said those were only technical fixes.—
Mary Clare Jalonick,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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Injuries, new player adaptation and recruitment focusing on technical players while the rest of the league prepared for a fight.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
Adjective
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Investigators say Mott climbed over an 8-foot fence topped with barbed wire before entering the restricted airfield.—
Jasmine Arenas,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
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And speaking of restricted free agency, the obvious winner for most regrettable decision one year later was choosing Christian Braun’s extension over Peyton Watson’s.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
13 May 2026
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The odds usually appeared alone, without referencing any specific sportsbook, but, periodically, text appeared in the ticker saying they were provided by DraftKings.—
Luke Connors,
Washington Post,
19 May 2026
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Police have not released a specific motive for the shooting the suspect's name.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
19 May 2026
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“Specialized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specialized. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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