as in expert
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field
a maestro of the violin
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Recent Examples of maestro
Barnes’ relative deficiencies beg more for a half-court maestro than Johnson’s.
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Eric Koreen, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Full Phil France’s maestro of the absurd Quentin Dupieux opened Cannes in 2024 with his film-within-a-film The Second Act.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2026
Tequila Ocho was founded in 2008 as a partnership between maestro tequilero Carlos Camarena and the late tequila ambassador Tomas Estes.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2025
The Argentinian maestro is enjoying a lean season ahead of the decider on home soil, which will see both teams compete on this stage for the first time.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
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Eric Koreen, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Full Phil France’s maestro of the absurd Quentin Dupieux opened Cannes in 2024 with his film-within-a-film The Second Act.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2026
Tequila Ocho was founded in 2008 as a partnership between maestro tequilero Carlos Camarena and the late tequila ambassador Tomas Estes.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2025
The Argentinian maestro is enjoying a lean season ahead of the decider on home soil, which will see both teams compete on this stage for the first time.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maestro
Noun
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The expert is also a proponent of boosting fiber intake, noting that the daily goal for adults is between 25 and 35 grams per day.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Officials in Minnesota, along with criminal justice experts and former federal prosecutors, are increasingly critical of the federal response to the aggressive tactics being used by immigration officers in Minneapolis and the surrounding area.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Dell is her stream's dungeon master, banishing those who don't abide by her terms and steadily rising up the platform's ranks with her sympathetic story and angry-funny screen presence.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Dogs kept some of their hierarchical instincts, replacing alpha wolves with their human masters.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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Suffused with dread and bathed in reverb, the record captures two virtuosos at their most vulnerable.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
23 Jan. 2026
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And the first half was a virtuoso blend of aggressiveness and controlling tempo from Payton, as Nix had a couple of deep shots to Marvin Mims and Lil'Jordan Humphrey, but also controlled the game with his legs.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
18 Jan. 2026
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Legal scholars say this framing is intentional.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Jan. 2026
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Take Habermas, whose defense of Israeli ethnic cleansing was protested immediately by such eminent scholars as Adam Tooze and Amia Srinivasan.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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For Sanders, the challenge will be balancing aggression and prudence , avoiding turnovers against a defense adept at disguising coverage, while still pushing the ball deep enough to challenge a typically conservative Browns offense.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Nov. 2025
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But if the destination is appealing and the driver adept, the journey is bound to be worth taking.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 Oct. 2025
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Don’t look too closely behind the curtain because the wizard isn’t a wizard at all.—
Gladys Louise Tyler,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Its lead character is Harry Dresden, a professional wizard operating out of the city of Chicago in a world where ghouls, ghosts, werewolves and vampires exist in the shadows of modern society.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
21 Jan. 2026
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Two years ago, this would have been fanciful AI guru propaganda.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Each mock-series highlights the strength of its respective star — Miss Piggy is a fashion and pseudo-wellness guru, the Swedish Chef has a cooking program, Honeydew and Beaker blow stuff up, and Statler and Waldorf judge it all via a digital focus group.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Jan. 2026
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The actors will deliver quotes from the artists, thereby giving viewers a better understanding of the process and struggles of artists, Challis Davy said.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
12 Jan. 2026
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Her lips shine, too, with an ombré look in tawny brown hues, an effect created by makeup artist Bella Mayven with Charlotte Tilbury's Lip Cheat pencil in Foxy Brown and Big Lip Plumpgasm gloss in Nudegasm Diamonds.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
12 Jan. 2026
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