specialize
verb (used without object)
to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty.
was specializing
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past progressiveof specialize.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Murphy was specializing in business administration with intentions on becoming an aerospace environment controller in the Royal Canadian Air Force.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2022
No, thank you, Thomas replied — he was specializing in Bach, Schoenberg, Boulez and Stockhausen.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 5, 2019
By the time I met with her in her D.C. office, she had left the murder beat and was specializing in white-collar fraud and corruption.
From Slate ● Mar. 5, 2019
They're buying the same low end crap Samsung was specializing in before the iPhone came out.
From Time ● Apr. 21, 2013
Every period had a record of its own, and while Jane was specializing in sociology she was also keeping up with the regular college course for her A. B. degree.
From Jane Allen, Junior by Edith Bancroft
