as in experts
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field
a British mystery writer who's an undisputed dab hand at building suspense
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Noun
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Anderson attempted to conclude the segment by reminding the audience that experts recommend people scrub their toes every day.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Oct. 2025 -
Most plans give you about 180 days from the date of the denial notice to appeal internally, but experts say not to wait.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
7 Oct. 2025
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Legal scholars say the administration's interpretation is countered by the amendment's history and subsequent Supreme Court rulings.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Oct. 2025
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About a third of H-1B workers are nurses, teachers, physicians, scholars, priests and pastors, according to the lawsuit.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
5 Oct. 2025
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Evaluating performance in games such as Go is straightforward; AI was beating Go masters by 2016.—
Nikita Ostrovsky,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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The song’s 478 words, just 56 shy of the Newsweek article itself, told the story with both economy and feeling, two masters that are hard to please in one song.—
John U. Bacon,
Rolling Stone,
30 Sep. 2025
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There’ve been some really, really nice artists who’ve told me about their lives and given me advice, but the people who’ve helped me the most navigating all this have been my family.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
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So, what the audience will see are the rare peril of circus artists who can juggle, dance and perform as an aerialist and trapeze.—
Kirby Adams,
Louisville Courier Journal,
7 Oct. 2025
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No one has lived on a distant planet, in the far future, or any place where dragons or wizards rule—so, kudos to anyone who can make such realms feel truly lived in.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
18 Sep. 2025
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This rendition of the beloved franchise follows the Smurfs on a mission to save Papa Smurf, who was stolen by evil wizards Razamel and Gargamel.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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Like college coaches, social media gurus work their way through the ranks of the industry, and in an age where all eyeballs can attract revenues and sponsorships and ultimately, more money in the pockets of players and recruits in a competitive marketplace, Lazarus and his colleagues are valuable.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
3 Sep. 2025
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The land changed hands as developers pitched grand ideas to no avail.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
2 Oct. 2025
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Switzerland, like Germany, built its 20th-century industrial economy on training and valuing all types of workers—those that work with their hands and those that work at a desk.—
Peter Vanham,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Dab hands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dab%20hands. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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