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as in winner
one that defeats an enemy or opponent little did the tennis pro know that his new student would someday become his master

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master

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adjective

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master

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verb

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Recent Examples of master
Noun
He was awarded the Samford Chess Fellowship — one of the most prominent awards for young American chess masters — in 2014. Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025 Last year, Vaccarello and Michaux purchased a house on a Brentwood hillside, a floating glass box with views spanning from the sparkling lights of downtown all the way to the Pacific, designed by the midcentury master Craig Ellwood. Rob Haskell, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
The new board will comprise 11 master sommeliers, plus four non-master sommelier members. Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 12 Nov. 2020 There is a private entrance to the master suite and office, a large guest suite with a bathroom and an ADU with a separate entry on the lower level. oregonlive, 27 June 2020
Verb
This next four-week chapter is about mastering your intensity — not dimming it. Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 19 Oct. 2025 The 14-inch touchscreen has a pretty good interface with typical Toyota quirks that aren’t too difficult to master. New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for master
Recent Examples of Synonyms for master
Noun
  • Earlier this week, OpenAI announced a council of eight experts who will advise the company and provide insight into how AI affects users’ mental health, emotions and motivation.
    Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
  • This is done in an effort to overwhelm Ukraine’s air defenses and decimate civilian morale, experts have said.
    Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Grand Slam winners get a colorful Grand Slam Award sticker.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Tony Award winner Doug Hughes will direct.
    Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Schneider has been a vital leader for Walpole all year in a preseason position switch from the forward line to center-midfielder.
    Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
  • This is the web version of CEO Daily, a newsletter of must-read global insights from CEOs and industry leaders.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • As for Sundance’s main slate of world premiere films, the festival is still heads down screening some half a dozen movies a day ahead of lineup announcements later this fall.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The verdict of the Specialized Criminal Court in the city of Banska Bystrica closes a trial that began in July and whose main question was whether Cintula, who admitted shooting Fico, was guilty of terrorism or less serious crimes of murder or attack.
    Reuters, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Moses is only 27 but is widely regarded as one of the UK’s most prolific and skilled contemporary filmmakers.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Much of Moreas’s difficulty stems from a shrinking pool of skilled labor in the health care workforce.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Girls cross country In a Mid-Wach tri-meet, Ayer Shirley (9-0, 6-0 Mid-Wach D) remained undefeated after defeating host Clinton, 15-50, and Bay Path, 22-32.
    Kristina Banahan, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The debate was one of his last chances to try to convince voters that going with Mamdani, who already defeated the once-powerful governor in the primary this summer, would be a mistake.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Steen learned about his Hall of Fame invitation during training camp.
    Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Students will learn to wire avionics as well as to troubleshoot and repair wiring issues.
    Sydney Sasser, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Most legal scholars interpret this to mean that the President’s duty is to spend the money Congress appropriates, and that the President does not have the power to withhold funds.
    Andy Kroll, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Harvard’s Erica Chenoweth, director of the Non-Violent Action Lab and one of the world’s leading scholars of protest movements, has shown that peaceful resistance is twice as likely to succeed as violent resistance.
    Nancy Gibbs, Time, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Master.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/master. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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