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as in expert
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field
one of those weather gurus that the television networks always drag out whenever there's a big blizzard brewing
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as in practitioner
one who brings an art or science to full realization
the leading guru of electronic music in the 1960s
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Recent Examples of guru
Now, Amy Odell is digging deeper into the actress turned guru’s varied life and career in her new biography, Gwyneth, out now.
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Tom Smyth, Vulture, 29 July 2025
This monumental feat solidified his status as a superstar of the climbing community and a guru of staying calm in objectively terrifying situations.
—Outside Online, 23 July 2025
Formula One aero guru, Adrian Newey, who joined Aston Martin as a managing technical partner and shareholder in March, has opened up about the upcoming 2026 F1 regulations for the first time, hinting that there remains limited flexibility in design.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
Pascal placed his full faith in the Hollywood strength guru, who had experience with post-injury training.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 23 July 2025
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Tom Smyth, Vulture, 29 July 2025
This monumental feat solidified his status as a superstar of the climbing community and a guru of staying calm in objectively terrifying situations.
—Outside Online, 23 July 2025
Formula One aero guru, Adrian Newey, who joined Aston Martin as a managing technical partner and shareholder in March, has opened up about the upcoming 2026 F1 regulations for the first time, hinting that there remains limited flexibility in design.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
Pascal placed his full faith in the Hollywood strength guru, who had experience with post-injury training.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guru
Noun
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Dealing with rising costs and a pursuit of experiences and self-care are taking precedence over long-term financial planning, experts observed.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2025
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Working in unprepared landscapes puts firefighters' lives at risk, said Alexander Held, a senior expert in fire management at the European Forest Institute, adding authorities should prepare by creating buffer zones and clearing combustible vegetation.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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South Carolina is not among the 23 states that ban conversion therapy, and those bans apply only to services given to minors by licensed practitioners, not to adults in private or religious settings.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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Companies or individual practitioners found to be in violation of the law could face fines of up to $10,000 per offense.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
6 Aug. 2025
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Rihanna has long been the master of maternity fashion.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
8 Aug. 2025
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The former Florida Gator, entrepreneur, and master’s student returns to elite after her final season in the NCAA.—
Caroline Price,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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His sturdy Scottish exponent, James Mill, helped spread the Benthamite basics, while raising his son, John Stuart Mill, in no creed but that of utilitarianism.—
January LaVoy Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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In the audio world, Audeze is known as the leading exponent of planar-magnetic headphones, an advanced driver technology that produces sound in a different way to the more usual dynamic drivers found in most headphones.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
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On every episode of this podcast, host Lena Crown speaks with writers, artists, critics, and scholars across generations who have awakened something for one another.—
Awakeners
August 7,
Literary Hub,
7 Aug. 2025
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Yet Putin, who likely has a coterie of scholars on international criminal law who have explained to him the mechanics of personal immunity, is likely to do everything to hold onto power for as long as possible, to avoid losing his protection from trial for war crimes and armed aggression.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The digital adept also had a nearly eight-year stretch at Teen Vogue.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
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Slot shares this staple of Tottenham counterpart Ange Postecoglou’s attacking principles, with Porro adept at tucking inside to disrupt the opposition shape.—
Andy Jones,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Entertainment Weekly has learned that a new group of actors are taking over the iconic roles for Pottermore Publishing and Audible's productions of J.K. Rowling's original seven books about the young boy wizard.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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More than 600 million books about the boy wizard have been sold whilst the 11 movies about them have grossed $9.7 billion and the latest Potter videogame generated $850 million in just its first two weeks.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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The Match tells the true story of how, in the face of discrimination and exclusion, British-Jewish rising tennis star Angela Buxton and African American athletic virtuoso Althea Gibson formed an unlikely pair that took Wimbledon by storm and forged a lifelong friendship.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
13 May 2025
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Billy Woods rose out of the Brooklyn rap underground as a virtuoso poet, one of hip-hop’s most independent and brilliant minds over the past two decades.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
10 May 2025
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“Guru.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guru. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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