master
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"Every stage is crucial," explains master cymbalsmith Hasan Seker, a burly 56-year-old who co-founded Bosphorus Cymbals in 1996 and is sweating after hauling glowing blanks into and out of the furnace.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
The saxophonist highlights previously unreleased recordings of his trio with tabla master Zakir Hussain, who died in 2024, and drummer Eric Harland on an album of marvelous musical interplay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Camilo Lara, the former record label executive turned groove master, describes it as “the collision of two trains at full speed.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
"As we have said many times before, we have never built a backdoor or master key to any of our products or services and we never will," the company added.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
And I thought how some of them imitated the master.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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McNish could not find time to write poetry while studying modern and medieval languages at the University of Cambridge, where she stayed on to gain a masters in economics.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Even those atas who try to break away often find themselves shackled to their old masters.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Whether it’s vanquishing assailants or surreptitiously surveilling enemies, daemons provide significant advantages for their masters.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Those with a business masters still have a leg up on their peers without one, but their job prospects and salaries are waning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
He also devoted a chapter to the psychoses of four chess masters, selected from the millions of normal people who’d played seriously over the years.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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“When I was in school, my professors were strongly against it, but now employers expect you to have already mastered it.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
"The things we needed to master have been mastered," said Zhang, who hopes to work with new energy vehicles.
From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026
Flores has mastered making the robot arms pour coffee, but he still often spills.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026
Only one thing is certain: Whether or not James plays next season, he’s already mastered one aspect of retirement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 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
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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
Under Dhanraj Master, he studied Western music, mastering the guitar and piano while immersing himself in Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and Schubert.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
In 2015, researchers developed an AI agent capable of independently learning and mastering Atari classics such as “Pong” and “Breakout.”
From MarketWatch ● May 23, 2026
They begin by listening and repeating, mastering the linguistic process step-by-step.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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