The phrase "addressed a special" is not complete and lacks context, making it difficult to determine its correctness in written English.
It could be used in contexts where someone is speaking about addressing a special issue, event, or topic, but it needs additional information to be fully clear.
Example: "During the meeting, the manager addressed a special concern regarding employee well-being."
Alternatives: "tackled a specific" or "discussed a particular".
Schmidt even addressed a special Labour conferencebefore the UK's last in/out referendum.
I addressed a special congressional group, and we were honored at the White House.
He addressed a special meeting of the UN General Assembly convened at Geneva and proposed an international peace conference under UN auspices.
Back in 1975 when Labour's Harold Wilson staged the last EU referendum to keep his divided cabinet intact, Helmut Schmidt, then German chancellor, addressed a special Labour conference at Westminster in beautiful English and flattering terms ("There is a tide in the affairs of men," he said, quoting Shakespeare's Julius Caesar).
The prime minister addressed a special meeting on Tuesday, opening her speech by using the Arabic greeting "Al-Salaam Alainum", which in English means "peace be upon you".
UNICEF Executive Director addresses UN special meeting to commemorate Chernobyl NEW YORK, USA, 28 APRIL 2006 – At the United Nations today, UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman addressed a special meeting of the General Assembly in remembrance of the Chernobyl disaster.
We address a special class of hybrid dynamical systems, called switched systems.
Mr. Cameron cut short a state visit to Africa to address a special debate on phone hacking in Parliament on Wednesday.
Addressing a special session of Parliament, he said: "We are in a bitter war against a cruel and bloodthirsty enemy.
This paper addresses a special type of PSPS, the triangular PSPS (Tri-PSPS), where all spline basis functions are constructed from a set of triangles.
It is a point I will underline this week when I address a special gathering of church leaders, City of London financiers, security experts and the public at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
