special-needs

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for special-needs
Adjective
  • Family members of deceased workers made up 8.6 percent of the total, while family members of retired or disabled workers represented 5.5 percent.
    Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Twenty-three units will be dedicated to disabled and unhoused seniors or those at risk of homelessness, thanks to support from Wellspring and the Louisville Housing Authority.
    Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Early on, her allegiances are torn between her support of her deaf classmates and the feminist win represented by a woman being chosen to lead the university.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025
  • With a relatively meager $170 million endowment, the university which employs more than 230 professors, many of whom are deaf, would struggle to recoup the loss of federal money.
    Emma Whitford, Forbes, 3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Just remove the weak and diseased branches as well as those that point to the center or rub against others.
    Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025
  • The new proposal would allow homeowners to down trees with trunks smaller than 18 inches in diameter, anything wrecked by a hurricane or during hurricane cleanup, anything considered diseased or damaged and anything non-native — a massive expansion of current policy.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Despite trading away Kyle Kuzma and Jonas Valanciunas earlier in the day, the ailing Washington Wizards were the clear aggressors from the opening tap and systematically dismantled Brooklyn 119-102 The Wizards opened the game on a 10-2 run and built a 21-9 lead with 5:47 left in the first quarter.
    C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2025
  • This low likelihood of re-offense underscores a fundamental reality: Incarcerating aging and ailing individuals long past their active years of offending offers no meaningful public safety benefit.
    Jasmine L. Tyler, Baltimore Sun, 6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • But there is no precedent for forcibly removing an incapacitated member who had taken the oath of office that Congress.
    Emily Brooks, The Hill, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Both were charged with felony neglect of an incapacitated adult by a caregiver resulting in the incapacitated adult’s death.
    David Matthews, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Even Democrats, who say Patel is unqualified and unfit for the role, seemed resigned to his fate.
    Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Already, we’ve been disappointed by the body’s willingness to sign off on unfit nominees like Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, but here is where there must be a bipartisan drawing of the line.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Some users on TikTok reported feeling unwell and experiencing gastrointestinal problems and anxiety during the treatments.
    Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Experts advise seeking medical advice if feeling unwell before or during a trip and recommend travel insurance that covers illness.
    Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • And in one case, a person got it from handling sick and or dead birds in a backyard flock.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Dairy farmers with infected herds reported large die-offs of wild birds near their farms before their cows got sick, according to the USDA.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025
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“Special-needs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/special-needs. Accessed 17 Feb. 2025.

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