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master

[mas-ter, mah-ster] / ˈmæs tər, ˈmɑ stər /






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That Ms. Browne has risen to that difficult task twice, expertly revising her earlier effort, would have pleased Darwin, that master of rewrites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

When the news conference began, master of ceremonies Michael Buffer introduced the pair as fireworks shot up from the front of the stage.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Players normally need three qualifying norms and a rating of at least 2400 to become an international master.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Anyway, having to master the intricacies of Amalfi’s HMI is the kind of problem one dreams of having.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

“I am the master of the house now.”

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

In unpacking the new single title, Harper’s Bazaar suggested that maybe modern-day fame is the disease, and Swift the “early guinea pig” who has fought against sexism and re-created her own masters.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

After finishing her masters degree she now shares her recipes online, hoping to help other students in the same position she was in.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

And there are dynamic comic strips by masters of the genre, such as Hal Foster, Hergé, George Herriman and Winsor McCay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Why buy: The couple had just moved to the Seattle area from Santa Barbara, Calif., where Alyssa Kibbe had finished her masters degree in environmental science and management.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

Like Basil, the shrews were masters of camouflage.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

By his early 20s, he had mastered the rope trick that would later make him famous.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Hallmark films have mastered the art of escalating low-stakes situations into high-stakes emotional emergency plotlines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Mr. Iyer’s left hand is more than up to the task of the low-end contrapuntal motion that Mr. Threadgill’s music demands, and Mr. Prieto long ago mastered his idea of frictionless grooves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

It’s been a long time since we’ve seen anything like that from a press secretary, but no one has mastered the dark art of hucksterism with Leavitt’s aplomb.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

Once she mastered the art of paper, she found it was ever so easy to transform other things as well.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

Assembly Bill 2555 dismantles and streamlines an aging system that some researchers said kept far too many students classified as English learners months or even years after mastering the language.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

After mastering the accumulation phase of your wealth journey, managing the distribution phase can get increasingly tricky.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026

On subsidies, the authors reach for a kitchen analogy: mastering them is like baking a cake.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

It provides a little aid, a little boost and a little fuel for inspiring some to get more serious about mastering a craft.

From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026

Music is a very large subject, and the advanced theory that students will want to pursue after mastering the basics will vary greatly.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones




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