specialize
verb (used without object)
to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty.
specializes
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present tense formof specialize (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The grocer specializes in Mexican and Latino foods, including prepared meals, fresh meats from a butcher’s counter, aguas frescas and a variety of produce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Parents should have a notebook with them, says Catherine Hickem, a psychotherapist in Atlanta who specializes in parent-adult child relationships.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
The clouds were made in the Netherlands by a firm with a history of building steel ship hulls that now specializes in building complex steel constructions like the clouds using digital data.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Appel is now in his mid-30s and works as a financial planner based in Wisconsin who specializes in helping families with transitions like the one his own family faced.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
“For instance, while I do think Chuck Norris specializes in the roundhouse kick, I don’t think it’s accurate to say, ‘Chuck Norris’s tears can cure cancer, but unfortunately he has never cried.’
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
