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Recent Examples of hotshot While the movie's official logline has yet to be revealed, The Love Hypothesis novel centers on Olive Smith, a biology PhD candidate, and Dr. Adam Carlsen, a hotshot professor. Jordana Comiter, People.com, 18 July 2025 Hayes, played by Pitt, needs to mentor the young hotshot Joshua Pierce (Idris) as the pair takes on a mentor-mentee relationship. Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 June 2025 Kelly Ramsey details her first day on a hotshot crew battling the fiercest fires the West has ever seen New perk: Easily find new routes and hidden gems, upcoming running events, and more near you. Kelly Ramsey, Outside Online, 27 June 2025 Taylor-Johnson is a convincingly intense and sweaty hotshot, while James gamely dons a South African accent to play a slimy operator who seems a step or two ahead of everyone else. Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for hotshot
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Noun
  • Multiple rights experts and scholars say Israel's military assault on Gaza amounts to genocide.
    Jarrett Renshaw, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Bond yields are shaped in part by expectations of the benchmark interest rate set by the Fed, some experts said.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Brown's former master distiller left his job at a grocery store and returned to bourbon making for a few months each year during the final chapter of Prohibition.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Sep. 2025
  • These roles typically require a master’s degree but offer starting salaries in the $50,000-$70,000 range with significant growth potential.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Multiple rights experts and scholars say Israel's military assault on Gaza amounts to genocide.
    Jarrett Renshaw, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • An outer wall of the exhibit includes commentary through the centuries from great poets and scholars about the awe-inspiring site.
    Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • An effective trustee is skilled in conflict resolution and adept at maintaining open communication while prioritizing the trust’s objectives.
    Royce Ramey, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • MetLiveArts, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s performing arts series, will kick off its 2025-2026 season tomorrow night with a program featuring pipa virtuoso Wu Man.
    Jane Levere, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Jorge Luis Pacheco takes the Break room stage Saturday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. Hailing from Havana, Cuba, Pacheco is a virtuoso pianist, singer, composer, percussionist and arranger.
    Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Look for an enrollment wizard through notifications and in Settings, Microsoft says.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • For Wentz, the positives to being able to start for a quarterback guru like Kevin O'Connell are fairly obvious.
    Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Kevin O’Connell is an offense coach and a guru on that end of the field.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The organization's mission includes creating opportunities for artists of all ages and backgrounds, Jordan told gala guests.
    Carin Schoppmeyer, Arkansas Online, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Guided in part by virtual world building sessions hosted by the organization in which the public was invited to imagine a future where reparations as a policy has already happened and given way to a culture of repair, six leading Afrofuturist artists envision 2165 Earth.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Hotshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hotshot. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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