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guru

[goor-oo, goo-roo] / ˈgʊər u, gʊˈru /
NOUN
mentor, guide
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Jonathan Krinksy, technical guru at BTIG, notes that the S&P 500 is again battling to breach record highs around the 7,000 level.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

There’s a wonderful Hollywood wrestling guru these days named Chavo Guerrero.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

She began seeking out new teachers and after finding her guru, Sri Swami Chidananda, at a yoga center in upstate New York, would travel abroad periodically to study with him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The panic has percolated enough that political consultant and data guru Paul Mitchell set up a model predicting the likely makeup of the top two.

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2026

“The first thing I told our staff is that we would be in command and out of control,” Van Riper says, echoing the words of the management guru Kevin Kelly.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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