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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

Her principles are based on the philosophy practiced by the Indian guru Meher Baba, her husband’s great-uncle, whose byword was empathy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 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

This is one of those chapters again where Professor Bongiorno of Columbia, the Florinese guru, claims that Morgenstern’s satiric genius is at its fullest flower.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman




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