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as in experts
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 practitioners
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 gurus
Finance gurus say a countywide sales tax dedicated to schools would mean at least an additional $123 million annually for districts.
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Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
Personal trainers, specialist therapists, and yoga gurus are brought in on request—particularly recommended is the one-on-one reformer pilates session with physiotherapist Tobina Marx, or an osteopathy treatment with Emma Wightman, spirited in from her practice in nearby Stockbridge.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Mar. 2026
Walking the show were Fakemink and Nettspend, two pillars of what label execs and marketing gurus are betting speaks to the Gen Z zeitgeist.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2026
Online resume advice gurus are also encouraging middle-aged jobseekers to hide clues that could give away their age.
—Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2026
Redfin’s calculations seem far better than those from gurus who mistakenly tell you that recent sales equal demand.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 28 Jan. 2026
The personal finance gurus set out to find the best place to celebrate Christmas each year and now, for the second year in a row, the city of Atlanta has earned the top spot.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
Still, Larkin wouldn’t necessarily commit to saying 40% of online self-help gurus are sheer grifters.
—Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 13 Nov. 2025
Most claims made by health gurus and social-media influencers are exaggerated.
—Jason Liebowitz, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
Personal trainers, specialist therapists, and yoga gurus are brought in on request—particularly recommended is the one-on-one reformer pilates session with physiotherapist Tobina Marx, or an osteopathy treatment with Emma Wightman, spirited in from her practice in nearby Stockbridge.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Mar. 2026
Walking the show were Fakemink and Nettspend, two pillars of what label execs and marketing gurus are betting speaks to the Gen Z zeitgeist.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2026
Online resume advice gurus are also encouraging middle-aged jobseekers to hide clues that could give away their age.
—Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2026
Redfin’s calculations seem far better than those from gurus who mistakenly tell you that recent sales equal demand.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 28 Jan. 2026
The personal finance gurus set out to find the best place to celebrate Christmas each year and now, for the second year in a row, the city of Atlanta has earned the top spot.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
Still, Larkin wouldn’t necessarily commit to saying 40% of online self-help gurus are sheer grifters.
—Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 13 Nov. 2025
Most claims made by health gurus and social-media influencers are exaggerated.
—Jason Liebowitz, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gurus
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By this point, experts were warning that half a million people in Gaza were at risk of starvation, and organizations such as the Rabbinical Assembly, an association of Conservative rabbis, were urging immediate action to alleviate civilian suffering.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Health experts have called for new laws and better enforcement of existing regulations, and officials in many places are taking action.—
Sarah Raza,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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The turmoil sweeping global markets has introduced a new layer of uncertainty, threatening to sap investor appetite that had just begun to recover, according to several industry practitioners.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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Euthanasia, on the other hand, involves doctors or health practitioners, under strict conditions, actively killing patients who meet certain conditions by giving them a lethal injection at their request.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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He was investigated by the SS on the orders of Heinrich Himmler but convinced his investigators, all adepts of Deutsche Physik, that he was engaged in worthwhile teaching and research.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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The young girl is reading at a 12th-grade level and mastering math concepts such as fractions, decimals and even exponents.—
Jasmine Viel,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Among the most powerful exponents of this view are billionaires Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen; both venture capitalists have their own investments in the nuclear energy sector and are influential Trump supporters.—
Avi Asher-Schapiro,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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When China began to dominate that metric, some of its universities were paying cash rewards to scholars for each publication, and a lot of Chinese research papers were shoddy make-work.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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As scholars of post-9/11 racialization have shown, people taken to be Arab or Middle Eastern were widely cast as potential security threats, regardless of their religious identity.—
Candace Lukasik,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2026
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Insider experiences include a tour of a private palazzo by a prince no less, a painting class inspired by Caravaggio, and a master class in mixing the perfect aperitivo by resident masters.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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This kind of experience was pioneered by theme park masters like Disney, but it has now been embraced by legacy institutions like the Goodman as a way to attract non-theater audiences and, well, mix things up a bit, aesthetically speaking.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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This one just happens to involve wizards, goblins, and one savage, half-blind dragon.—
Séamas O'Reilly,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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Of all the wizards of modern AI, Amodei, the theoretical physicist who founded Anthropic, maker of Claude, is the most publicly anxious about the impact of his product on the world at large, seemingly spooked by his own predictions.—
Joe Hagan,
Vanity Fair,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Gurus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gurus. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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