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Recent Examples of specialized
Both iOS and Android offer specialized accounts for children, which integrate seamlessly with the Family Sharing (Apple) and Family Link (Android) features.
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Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
The painstaking restoration of Notre Dame involved the labor of hundreds of specialized artisans who refashioned everything from the lead sheets used to form the nave’s peaked roof to vital portions of stone masonry, CBS reported.
—Martin Lerma, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2024
The move marks another chapter in the long-running debate over how much public money the city spends on specialized services for students who do not attend public schools.
—Claire Fahy, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2024
So, as with countless other centuries-old relics and architectural elements inside the cathedral, highly specialized craftspeople were required to get the organ back to its pre-fire form, or as close to it as possible.
—Caroline Baum and Sérène Nourrison, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
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Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
The painstaking restoration of Notre Dame involved the labor of hundreds of specialized artisans who refashioned everything from the lead sheets used to form the nave’s peaked roof to vital portions of stone masonry, CBS reported.
—Martin Lerma, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2024
The move marks another chapter in the long-running debate over how much public money the city spends on specialized services for students who do not attend public schools.
—Claire Fahy, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2024
So, as with countless other centuries-old relics and architectural elements inside the cathedral, highly specialized craftspeople were required to get the organ back to its pre-fire form, or as close to it as possible.
—Caroline Baum and Sérène Nourrison, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
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While serving in Joe Biden’s Justice Department, the special counsel concocted a novel legal case against Biden’s foremost political opponent and would have been happy to try Donald Trump in the midst of the presidential election campaign.Rich Lowry, National Review, 10 Dec. 2024
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Both The Substance and The Deliverance were nominated in the categories of best contemporary make-up, best contemporary hairstyling and best special make-up effects.Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
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Chanel last week announced that Matthieu Blazy would be taking over from Virginie Viard as its new creative lead—meaning there are perhaps a limited number of Bottega Veneta placements to come from Rihanna.Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2024
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Research on the effects of chronic or low-level exposure remains limited.Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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The technical back-and-forth underscored the potential of quantum computing and the ambitious visions of tech leaders like Musk and Pichai.Tom Howarth, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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The stock stabilized and has mounted a charge to challenge the pandemic highs and is at a key technical decision point.Todd Gordon, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
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Drone sightings have been reported in at least six states – New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Ohio – while arrests have been made in connection with drone operations near restricted areas in Massachusetts and California.Alexandra Skores, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
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Mystery drones have been detected in several restricted air spaces, shutting down operations at one Air Force base and one airport over the weekend, and resulting in arrests near another airport on Saturday.Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Address Specific Pain Points Focus on creating valuable, authentic educational videos that address specific pain points and questions customers face during the research and consideration phases.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Police also recovered a firearm similar to the one used in the killing, a silencer, and a three-page handwritten manifesto that investigators say sheds light on his motivations, though its specific contents have not been revealed.Nik Popli, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
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In the 1980s, a mathematician posed a geometric version of one of the program’s key components — the geometric Langlands conjecture, which involves esoteric mathematical objects called sheaves.Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
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The Treatment Components Over the course of four days of the Rebalance and Energize program, refined by various medical and nutritional consultations and diagnoses, my agenda was a lineup of esoteric/scientific, alternative therapy and purely sybaritic offerings.Laurie Werner, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Specialized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specialized. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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