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Recent Examples of mastermind
Noun
Next up is Terrence Zhou, the mastermind behind Bad Binch TongTong, who has built his reputation on turning fashion into performance art. Essence, 4 Sep. 2025 While Druski is the mastermind behind the video, the Picasso responsible for that perfect blend of white makeup, fake tattoos, and farmer’s tan is Georgia makeup artist Kaylee Kehne-Swisher, who specializes in everything from commercial touchups and makeovers to nitty-gritty film special effects. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
Fedorov previously masterminded Ukraine’s DIIA app, ‘the state in your pocket,’ which provides instant access to a wide range of government services. David Hambling, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025 Canberra expelled Tehran’s ambassador after accusing Iran of masterminding at least two antisemitic attacks on Australian soil. Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mastermind
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mastermind
Noun
  • Jeffrey Breinholt, an architect of the material support statutes who spent three decades as a federal terrorism prosecutor, defends the laws as crucial to closing loopholes that were exploited by foreign militant groups and their domestic sympathizers.
    Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The layout, designed by architect Lek Bunnag, boasts groupings of villas and semi-private pools with a main central Moon Pool and bar located on the cliffside.
    Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That insight has guided the team at Typhur, headquartered in San Jose at the heart of Silicon Valley, a location that inspires them to engineer precision with intuitive design.
    Matt Emma, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The reality is, most commercial language models are generally engineered to always please users, producing answers sometimes at the expense of truth.
    Scott Zoldi, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Its Office for Civil Rights investigates allegations at schools and negotiates corrective actions.
    Fred Clasen-Kelly, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Looking forward, 185 countries are negotiating a global plastics treaty aimed at ending plastic pollution by 2040, and to promote a closed loop approach, phasing out unnecessary plastics and encouraging the use of sustainable alternatives.
    Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Its director, and franchise mastermind, Rian Johnson has proven himself a master of the whodunnit form with these films, showing a knack for Agatha Christie puzzle-plotting that, well, the actual adapters of Christie haven’t shown in recent years.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Unlike navigating on a flat map using Euclidean geometry, aeronautical navigation requires solving complex problems by calculating position and plotting courses on a model of the Earth as an ellipsoid, or a sphere.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When writers see and manipulate structure, words become poetry.
    Rebecca Coffey, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Cyrus was quick to defend herself, implying her words had been manipulated by the Times.
    Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • North was convicted in 1989 on three felony charges for helping to arrange the illicit sale of weapons to Iran and divert the proceeds to fund a secret war against anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
    Josh Meyer, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Wegovy injection pens arranged in Waterbury, Vermont, US, on Monday, April 28, 2025.
    Karen Gilchrist,Katrina Bishop, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Laura is able to shove Cherry hard enough to pry Daniel away from her and lock her in the room, but Cherry jumps out of the balcony, sacrificing her ankle, and maneuvers herself back into the house.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Macron's opponents seized on the turmoil to press for a fresh legislative election, demand the president's resignation, or maneuver for influence in a potential new government.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Mastermind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mastermind. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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