variants
or less commonly mavin
: one who is experienced or knowledgeable : expert
a language maven
policy mavens
computer mavens
also
: freak sense 2a
Examples of maven in a Sentence
an investment maven, he was doing well even when the market was doing poorly
a science-fiction maven who could talk for hours about fictional technology
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Yennefer is back with the sisterhood formerly known as the brotherhood, but things aren't going super-well for the magical mavens, decimated in ranks by the evil Vilgefortz (Mahesh Jadu) and hated by the public for, well, reasons.
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Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, Sweeney’s drastic hair transformation had beauty mavens buzzing.
—Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2025
The Dodgers lineup stitched together a lead in the second inning after an RBI single by playoff maven Kiké Hernández.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
This architecture includes what AI mavens refer to as an encoder-processor-decoder structure.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2025
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Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, Sweeney’s drastic hair transformation had beauty mavens buzzing.
—Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2025
The Dodgers lineup stitched together a lead in the second inning after an RBI single by playoff maven Kiké Hernández.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
This architecture includes what AI mavens refer to as an encoder-processor-decoder structure.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Maven.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maven. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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