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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
Last year, Italian marketing guru Tiziana Rocca returned to the post of artistic director of Italy’s Taormina Film Festival eight years after she was forced to step down due to political infighting following a successful five-year stint.
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Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 4 June 2026
Berk's spot in the Fab Five was replaced by Jeremiah Brent, who took on the role of interior design expert and decorating guru for the show's final two seasons.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
None of that changed how Richards felt about his guru and the group and their mission to save the planet.
—Peter Larsen, Daily News, 2 June 2026
The guru took her in when her own family did not.
—Vogue, 1 June 2026
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Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 4 June 2026
Berk's spot in the Fab Five was replaced by Jeremiah Brent, who took on the role of interior design expert and decorating guru for the show's final two seasons.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
None of that changed how Richards felt about his guru and the group and their mission to save the planet.
—Peter Larsen, Daily News, 2 June 2026
The guru took her in when her own family did not.
—Vogue, 1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guru
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Just hours after the model’s release, however, major backlash from AI researchers, developers, and policy experts began brewing on social media.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
10 June 2026
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Other industries, including those involved in producing food and medicine, relied on petrochemicals to produce crucial components, such as plastic pipes, an engineering expert told me.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
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And traditions that might otherwise disappear get another generation of practitioners — some of them tourists who go home and keep practicing, others members of younger generations in the host community who see a viable career in continuing the craft.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
29 May 2026
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Honeybees buzz at roughly 250 to 300 Hz, a frequency practitioners say falls into a soothing range for the nervous system.—
Allison Palmer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 May 2026
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In addition, the Casa Sanlorenzo cultural venue opened in 2025 will host two exhibitions, one dedicated to local master artisans and curated by Artemest and another presenting craftspeople from Luxembourg by De Mains De Maîtres Luxembourg.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
9 June 2026
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Jayne and Rabinovitz are both classified master bench jewelers, Jayne said, meaning the two have reached the highest level of professional jeweler, according to the Jewelers of America.—
Emma Hall,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2026
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The deformation depends on a single free exponent.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
26 May 2026
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This movement, known as critical legal studies, was associated with the political left, and its exponents, known as crits, loved to disparage liberal theorists’ devotion to the Constitution as naïve and counterproductive.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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For modern scholars of religious and social history, cheese is not the most exciting part of this discovery.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Last week, a committee of scholars convened by Vanderbilt University released a report on the state of humanities and social sciences scholarship across the United States.—
Gary Saul Morson,
Washington Post,
10 June 2026
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Tech pioneer adept at shifting gears Atom Power was co-founded in 2015 by Kouroussis and Ryan Kennedy as a UNC Charlotte incubator, a project that started at the college before spinning off its own company and moving to the Lake Norman area.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, Alouette has become an adept of dye recipes.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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Skeletor, who was a human being named Keldor, is a wizard who uses mind control, among other abilities, to get his way from his hub on Snake Mountain.—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026
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My old colleague Ben Morris, a statistical wizard, used to tell me that 10 games of a season generally produces enough data to have a good idea of how good a team would be.—
Kyle Wagner,
New York Daily News,
3 June 2026
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Fleck, who is a virtuoso known for crossing genres, embraced the album as an opportunity to create music supporting a strong vocalist.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
8 June 2026
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The guitar virtuoso died days before his 100th birthday.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 June 2026
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“Guru.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guru. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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