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hotshot

adjective as in big-deal

adjective as in self-confident

noun as in aviator

noun as in ham

Strongest match

Weak match

noun as in hot dog

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Almost a third of California’s 49 federal hotshot crews — elite groups that battle the hottest parts of forest fires — are so short-staffed that they will not be able to activate as a full unit, the smokejumper said.

More public awareness of the internet’s origins might have led to a more accountable cyberworld than the one designed by hotshot technologists.

In an ideal world, the corporate hotshots who put together a debacle deal like AT&T buying Time Warner would lose their jobs.

Right now the conversations around newsletters are revolving around which journalist recently joined Substack and which hotshot business newsletter was recently acquired.

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On the flip side, a hotshot algorithm inspired by the brain called reinforcement learning pushed neuroscientists to re-examine how we respond to feedback as we learn.

Amir moves from a swaggering hotshot who seems to know it all to a broken man now questioning everything.

The action focuses on the decision-making process of a movie studio hotshot.

But, the hotshot billionaire may have some secrets of his own.

When Djokovic burst onto the scene after winning the Aussie Open in 2008, he was a brash hotshot challenging Federer and Nadal.

Whip is a hotshot, sauced-up captain whose substance-abuse habit crash-lands him, quite literally, into a whole heap of trouble.

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On this page you'll find 445 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hotshot, such as: accomplished, adroit, capable, deft, proficient, and skilled.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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