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Recent Examples of subfield
Some fields are worse than others: biology and medicine are closer to 3%, and some subfields, such as cancer, may be much larger, Day said.
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Cyril Labbé, The Conversation, 31 Jan. 2025
Humanoids Take The Spotlight In 2024, humanoids went from a subfield historically seen as a source of military contracts and marketing videos to a dominant area of focus.
—Jeff Mahler, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Swarm intelligence is a subfield of AI that draws inspiration from the collective behavior of social insects, such as ants, bees and termites.
—Thomas Caldwell, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
The feature uses on-device machine learning, a subfield of AI, to detect scam texts including fraudulent package delivery texts and job scam texts.
—Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 23 Oct. 2024
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Cyril Labbé, The Conversation, 31 Jan. 2025
Humanoids Take The Spotlight In 2024, humanoids went from a subfield historically seen as a source of military contracts and marketing videos to a dominant area of focus.
—Jeff Mahler, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Swarm intelligence is a subfield of AI that draws inspiration from the collective behavior of social insects, such as ants, bees and termites.
—Thomas Caldwell, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
The feature uses on-device machine learning, a subfield of AI, to detect scam texts including fraudulent package delivery texts and job scam texts.
—Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 23 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subfield
Noun
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Child abuse pediatrics is a relatively new subspecialty whose practitioners work closely with police officers and social workers to investigate potential cases of intentional harm.—
Pamela Colloff,
ProPublica,
29 Dec. 2024
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Child-abuse pediatrics is a relatively new subspecialty whose practitioners work closely with police officers and social workers to investigate potential cases of intentional harm.—
Kirsten Potter Krish Seenivasan David Mason,
New York Times,
29 Dec. 2024
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Do Iranian artists find there is more scope for becoming a professional artist in the diaspora?—
Rebecca Ruth Gould,
JSTOR Daily,
9 Apr. 2025
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With shed space fitted out to complete two yachts ranging from 98-feet to 229-feet and surface area of around 60,000 square feet, the yard has huge scope for future superyacht construction.—
Katia Damborsky,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Captured within a radar image are two pieces of information: amplitude and phase.—
Laurie Winkless,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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The April-to-September range had an amplitude of £154.—
MoneyShow,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Most are between two and three inches tall and between 6 and 9 inches in width.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2025
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These lots average 70 feet in width, perfect for spacious three-car garages and various layout options.—
Prime Development,
Kansas City Star,
13 Apr. 2025
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The big picture: The sheer breadth of the cuts and reshuffling may not be apparent for weeks.—
Alison Snyder,
Axios,
6 Apr. 2025
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Whereas male social hierarchy has traditionally adhered to physical attributes like sporting prowess, girls find value in the breadth and depth of relationships.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
3 Apr. 2025
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Richard Hendricks, Pied Piper’s founder and the primary author of that algorithm, is a coder by profession but an idealist by nature.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
16 Apr. 2025
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The native Texan has a short résumé, mainly because playing Georgie became something of a permanent profession.—
Skyler Trepel,
EW.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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The protests signal the extent of public alarm over some of Trump's executive actions and cuts to federal government.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Apr. 2025
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There, McVeigh was booked and saw on TV the extent of the devastation.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Subfield.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subfield. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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