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maestro

[mahy-stroh] / ˈmaɪ stroʊ /
NOUN
leader of band
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But there’s one skill that seems to leave this 5-foot-7 maestro looking up at everyone else.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

I will miss watching the greatest maestro and savant in the history of basketball, LeBron James.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

Brunson became an expert dribbler with both hands, a maestro of footwork and fundamentals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

She was summoned to meet the maestro soon afterwards.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

It was easy not to be serious about the old fellow, for he was that peculiar creation which ignorant people laugh at—a genuine maestro.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Just as much, those maestri would defer to Mr. Drucker’s interpretations of clarinet solos.

From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2022

As an example let us take the case of the radio maestri.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was established in one of the halls of the Lateran, and even the Carlovingian kings obtained from it skilful maestri and organists.

From Pagan and Christian Rome by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani

And this piece of ecclesiastical furniture therefore presented a great field for the taste and ingenuity of the old maestri in wood-carving to exhibit their skill both in design and in execution.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 by Various

The art of Priscilla seems to me to satisfy this test much better than that of many of our modern maestri.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 7th, 1920 by Various

At the city's New Empire Theatre, he orchestrated several "big-band concerts", he wrote, flying in Bombay-based maestros like Ken Mac and Sonny Lobo, and vocalists like Jean Statham and Pamela McCarthy.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026

Donning video headsets and armed with nothing more than a joystick and the Olympics’ fastest fingers, these maestros have the exact same objective as the athlete they’re filming: to be the best in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

A photo in his shop shows maestros Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma and Bhajan Sopori performing with his instruments.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2025

Just as maestros from overseas have assumed top conducting posts in the United States, American artists have gone to Europe, Asia and elsewhere to lead renowned ensembles.

From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2024

As powerful as ACD’s computer was, however, the maestros of Project Mercury would require even more electronic horsepower for what was to come next.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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