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master

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






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On the road, he’s also become a master of getting his fans to open up onstage about their deepest hopes, dreams and fears.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

But with Andrea we have a case of the student surpassing the master.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Newly elected lawmaker Ana Elisa Santos, born during Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's first term, is now helping him draw up a social media master plan to nab a fourth mandate.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Though the questions persist: Is this all part of Holmes’ master plan?

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

She noticed the gamers she’d passed earlier, led by the dungeon master, taking a spot at the side of the crowd.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

“I’ve had multiple phone calls from harbor masters and fire chiefs in Southern California over the past week, saying, ‘Why is the harbor flooding?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Then there's this, he said: AI models are getting better and better at detecting when they are being tested and might behave differently when they are actually deployed, fooling their masters.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

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

All acknowledged Painter Chen as the master of all masters.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin

Before cinema made him a familiar face, he spent years working in theatre, where he developed his gritty style of dialogue delivery and also mastered the intensity he brought to his on-screen characters.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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

Pyongyang has mastered sanctions evasion and generated billions of dollars in illicit funds, including having cyberoperatives land remote work at U.S. companies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 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

Except in point of fact Colin did not whisper, because he had never quite mastered the art of whispering—he just sort of talked in a slightly softer voice directly into Hassan's eardrum.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green

Horton said he is focused on informing fans and mastering the fundamentals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

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

AI can also still be used for mastering songs and, for example, using drum machines and auto tune.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 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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