How to Use specialization in a Sentence

specialization

noun
  • What are your thoughts on specialization in youth and high school sports?
    Matthew Vantryon, Indianapolis Star, 20 Sep. 2017
  • While the era of specialization in sports is real, the multi-sport athlete still is alive and well.
    Mark Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2020
  • Those athletes are rare in the big-school ranks during an age of specialization.
    Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 6 Jan. 2024
  • In any case, the above scenario shows that once feedback controls are reversed, the hives are well on the way to role specialization.
    Quanta Magazine, 9 Nov. 2018
  • She was told that her grades didn’t meet the requirements for this specialization.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Specialization suits an all-out pitcher who doesn’t have a third pitch.
    Tom Verducci, SI.com, 19 June 2017
  • Over the past decade, specialization has become the norm in kids’ sports for a variety of reasons.
    Sara Harrison, WIRED, 28 June 2019
  • And there’s nothing wrong with that because most banks have their area of specialization.
    Anthony Copeman, Essence, 25 Aug. 2021
  • This vast bookstore is one of the very best in the city, known for a specialization in books about travel, language, culture, and exploring the world.
    Ellie Nan Storck, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2021
  • In a world where the specialization of athletes has run rampant, Hereford’s Rachel Saunders has been a standout in a trio of sports.
    Kyle J. Andrews, baltimoresun.com, 14 June 2019
  • This specialization gave Jack a unique skill at the time, and he was called upon by other surgeons to save countless lives.
    Barbara Aras and Jerry Galvin, Cincinnati.com, 21 Nov. 2019
  • In an age of increasing high school specialization, Snow is a throwback to decades past.
    Terry Monahan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 3 May 2017
  • The details show the economic idea of specialization at work.
    Neil Irwin, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2017
  • The dangers of early specialization have been found out.
    James Masters, CNN, 18 Oct. 2019
  • In an age of specialization, Leto is something special, a true three-sport high school athlete.
    Detroit Free Press, 24 June 2018
  • Over the past decade or so, there has been an enormous emphasis on specialization.
    Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Rather than take stroke patients to any hospital, the crews will take them to a hospital with a stroke-specialization unit.
    George Castle, chicagotribune.com, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Over time, a niche market or specialization may evolve.
    Kevin Markarian, Forbes, 4 June 2021
  • The need for specialization in the labor market is arguably greater than ever.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2023
  • What is clear is that the apparent lack of specialization among the segments included the head and tail, in that there really weren't any.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Some campers developed specializations, like the tent that baked cakes over an open burner.
    Longreads, 29 Mar. 2018
  • There’s less emphasis on early specialization now, and rather a focus on making sure kids fall in love with the game.
    Emily Burack, Town & Country, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Pleasant will play football and run track at Oregon — a rare commitment in the time of youth specialization.
    Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2023
  • And in an age of specialization, the Angels and Ohtani are zigging while everybody else is zagging.
    New York Times, 14 May 2021
  • The rise in sport specialization – focusing on one sport instead of playing two or three throughout the year – is a factor, too.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2017
  • What follows is a breakdown of symbols and terms used by specialization.
    Anne Quito, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Each nostril is tuned to detect some odors better than others, with the specialization moving back and forth.
    Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2022
  • This shift to specialization does more for the industry than just draw attention.
    Rebecca Szkutak, Forbes, 3 June 2021
  • Purple specializes in, well, specialization, offering different options for back pain sufferers, side sleepers and and toss-and-turn-ers.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Generalization became the primary attainment but at the loss of specializations that were in the sourced generative AI models.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024

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