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• v  become more focus on an area of activity or field of study
  She specializes in Near Eastern history
• v  be specific about
• v  suit to a special purpose
  specialize one's research
  this kind of beak has become specialized in certain Galapagos finches
• v  devote oneself to a special area of work
  She specializes in honey bees
  This baker specializes in French bread
• v  evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment

• The specialized health search engine is the farthest along it graduated from the alpha test phase to beta in February but Kosmix has been busy adding new subject areas .
• Of the 100 who routinely work inside the skull, perhaps 50 specialize in blood-vessel repairs rather than tumors.
• Bettie was rich Corinthian leather to connoisseurs of specialized, subterranean erotica the kind that showed women, dressed in black undergarments and stockings, and pumps with .

• specialise
• narrow
• narrow down
• specify
• particularize
• particularise
• speciate
• differentiate

• diversify
• generalize

News & Articles

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• University of Colorado planning neuroscience degree
  Officials from the University of Colorado's Boulder campus presented early plans for a new bachelor's of arts degree in neuroscience to the Board of Regents on Friday. While the campus already offers neuroscience courses in its psychology department, there is not a regent-approved degree track and students are only allowed to specialize in the curriculum.
  June 22, 2013 - Boulder Daily Camera
• Riser Engineer - Naval Architect
  Top marine and offshore client is seeking two Naval Architects who specialize in Risers and Engineering. This client is local to the Houston, TX market and consists of engineers, architects, surveyors, and managers, all focusing their talents in the offshore sectors of Marine and O&G.
  June 21, 2013 - Rigzone
• Mott Haven Academy graduates its first fifth-grade class
  A South Bronx charter school founded five years ago to specialize in foster and homeless children, graduated its first class, minting out a new crop of rising sixth graders.
  June 20, 2013 - New York Daily News

Quotes

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• Mark Dayton in Kansas City Star
  I thought it was a typically low blow by a bunch of sewer rats, who specialize in that kind of campaign,Dayton said.
• Barack Obama in AAFP News Now
  Obama said during the forum, "We are not producing enough primary care physicians because the costs of medical education are so high that people feel they've got to specialize."