How to Use specialist in a Sentence

specialist

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  • He saw a specialist for his foot problem.
  • She consulted a marketing specialist when she decided to go into business.
  • The Laser is more than a straight-line specialist, though.
    — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Tony Thomas, an Army specialist, was one of the soldiers.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The specialist grabbed the child and held him in place until police arrived.
    — Ben Finley, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Rebecca Limon had worked for the city as a crime scene specialist since 2002.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The 28-year-old now makes a six-figure sum as a systems specialist.
    — Austen Hufford, WSJ, 26 Nov. 2022
  • He is seen as a specialist in the pommel horse event while Young, an alternate, came in first on vault.
    — Adam Carlson, Peoplemag, 30 June 2024
  • With a specialist, the game is all about tactics and strategy.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 5 June 2023
  • By 2024, if all goes well, the vessel will be on its way to Grenoble, France, where specialists can begin the work of restoring it.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2023
  • The play will be directed by Rosina Reynolds, a specialist in the works of English playwrights and farce.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2023
  • But the whole affair is another reminder to biotech’s many specialists that the sector is a small school of fish prey to the whims of a massive ocean.
    — Damian Garde, STAT, 15 Feb. 2024
  • If not, walk a few feet to the exhibition’s other main batik specialist, Ṣàngódáre Gbádégẹsin Àjàlá, who passed away in 2021.
    — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
  • So, become a specialist and become the best specialist in your niche out there.
    — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Bona fide facelift specialists are teaching on the regular and working to advance the surgery.
    — Jolene Edgar, Allure, 1 May 2024
  • To find out, make an appointment with the specialists at Third Avenue today!
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The school hasn’t been able to fill those positions, leaving Gonzalez as the sole specialist.
    — Joe Hong, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Dec. 2022
  • But the 52-year-old heart-valve specialist from Meridian, Idaho, won’t have his winnings for long.
    — Dallas News, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Kim served as the kickoff specialist for North Carolina, but seemingly wanted a chance to put points on the board.
    — Detroit Free Press, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Later, Priscilla Carter, a school behavioral health specialist at the time, called the student down to her office.
    — Katherine Kokal, USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
  • The agency also plans to hire a part-time therapist and a victim support specialist to build out the victim services team, the plan said.
    — Chloe Hilles, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2024
  • Nikki Thomas is a lawn care and backyard specialist at Backyardville.
    — Jessie Quinn, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Gonzalez has worked in the Avon Local Schools for 17 years (13 years as a teacher and four years in her current role as media specialist).
    — Staff Reports, cleveland, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Bhutan may be at the forefront of this trending type of less-is-more travel (to go, contact Antonia Neubauer of Myths and Mountains, a specialist in the region).
    — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Forensic specialists have had to use DNA from relatives to identify some of the deceased.
    — Dov Lieber, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The procedure starts with the media specialist providing a copy of the policy to someone who has made a complaint.
    — Lynn Kutter, arkansasonline.com, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Staley is a defensive specialist, but the defense has been terrible for most of the season.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Still, upon his return, he was regarded as a specialist on the U.S. and gave lectures across the Soviet Union.
    — Annie Dillard, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Grant Maunder, to create an interior that feels firmly rooted in a sense of place, from the reupholstered antique dining chairs left over by the building’s previous occupant to the flagstone floors fitted by a Welsh stone specialist.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Connecting with a peer support specialist who has lived experiences of endo belly.
    — Michelle Pugle, Verywell Health, 4 Nov. 2024

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