mastered

past tense of master
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Recent Examples of mastered The same approach beat three world champions at Barrage Stratego, a faster eight-piece variant of Stratego, mastered the cooperative card game Hanabi, and beat the best bots at the Chinese card game dou dizhu. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026 Boot season is officially here, and while numerous brands look to make the most of the seasonal shift, there are few labels that have mastered the mix of casual lifestyle appeal and functional outdoor capabilities like Timberland has. — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026 The Blu-ray additionally houses a Dolby Atmos version of Turnstiles, mixed by Bradshaw Leigh and mastered by Ted Jensen and Adam Grover at Sterling Sound. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 29 Sep. 2026 Now that using the tech is based on natural language, context, intent, and critical thinking, humanities majors who have mastered those skills will be more valuable. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026 Models trained on the biological literature can connect ideas across subfields that few researchers have mastered alone. — Ashish K. Jha, STAT, 28 Sep. 2026 It was produced by Federico Vindver, Luis Salazar and Sampaio; Jean Rodriguez handled vocal recording and production, and Mosty mixed and mastered the track. — Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 27 Sep. 2026 Clearly, the princess has mastered the art of dressing for the occasion. — Meg Walters, InStyle, 25 Sep. 2026 Hallmark films have mastered the art of escalating low-stakes situations into high-stakes emotional emergency plotlines. — Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mastered
Verb
  • Samuel, or Samuil in Bulgarian, was a warrior emperor who battled the Byzantine Empire to expand his kingdom but was ultimately defeated and died shortly afterward in 1014.
    — COSTAS KANTOURIS, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The 1995 Jayhawks went 10-2 and defeated UCLA 51-30 in the bowl game.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Brower and Simone learned that pigeons were a common source of food for people thousands of years ago and used the sun, and probably the earth's magnetic field, for navigation.
    — KYLE MELNICK THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • More than anything, Brooks’ approach confirmed what Rodriguez has already learned.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Saturday’s game showed a team that overcame both mental and physical hurdles.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Yet Johncock, who started 11th, overcame the chaos and was one of just two cars on the lead lap when more rain forced the race to be stopped.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • If another worker with a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO plan got the same drug at the same Houston Methodist hospital, an employer could be paying almost six times as much, or nearly $4,400 for a vial.
    — Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
  • A little less than 18 months ago, Ukraine carried out a sneak drone attack in which forces smuggled them into Russian territory and waited until the truck that was unknowingly carrying them got close to Russian bases.
    — Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The title hints that the film will follow Aegon the Conqueror, who, along with his sister-wives Visenya and Rhaenys, invaded Westeros and conquered most of the Seven Kingdoms with the help of their dragons, Balerion, Vhagar and Meraxes.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • After consolidating their political power throughout Italy, the Romans conquered most of southern and western Europe and the Mediterranean coastal regions, including North Africa.
    — Scott Spires, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • And the latest archaeoacoustic techniques show that even the world’s earliest architects understood this.
    — Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026
  • That leaves room for disputes in which both sides agree the job began as at will but disagree about what was understood later.
    — William Jones, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Nearly 1,000 runners took this option, and the race charted 652 incidents of injury or illness.
    — Vibhu Krishna, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The plane descended sharply, losing half its altitude in less than two minutes, before other crew members took control of the Boeing 737 Max and made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
    — Victoria Craw, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Built along a verdant slope edging Bodrum’s Paradise Bay, this contemporary property offers hard-to-beat vistas.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Hastert became a congressional candidate in 1986 and beat the Democrat with 52% of the vote, his smallest margin of victory in a congressional race.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026

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“Mastered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mastered. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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