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master

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






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A third floor comprises the master bedroom, surrounded by three decks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

In the past 20 years Mr. Macintyre has become the master of the nonfiction spy genre, his books chronicling remarkable stories of operatives, famous and unknown, who changed history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

A master of 1940s sci-fi schlock had a plan, and it’s working.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

On his way to a PhD, he changed course and turned to art, completing a master of fine arts degree at UC Santa Barbara.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The master had said it in so many words—my reward for whatever awaited me in this nightmarish new world into which I had enlisted.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Pointedly reminiscent at times of movies by such masters as Alfred Hitchcock and Michael Mann, the film is a classically crafted, period-evocative drama of often claustrophobic emotional tension.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 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

The property in Bleasby dates back to the 1840s, when the railway station opened, and would have been home to the station masters who were responsible for opening and closing the station barriers.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Snyder rented out the house between 2022 and 2025 while he remained in Boston to get his masters degree, which not only covered his entire mortgage payment but also generated a profit each month.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

For the first time in their lives, chess masters could make a decent living giving lessons because they had so many new students.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

In 2002, Devon bought Texas operator Mitchell Energy, which mastered the technique of fracking shale rock to squeeze out fossil fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

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

From BBC ● Oct. 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

But Taco Bell, led since 2023 by Chief Executive Sean Tresvant, has mastered its branding and digital appeal skillfully enough to overcome these obstacles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

He gives me the side-eye, another thing he’s mastered.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

A worker who spent 20 years mastering a craft isn’t wrong to feel concerned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

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

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

It’s a sonic recipe that the two former schoolmates have been mastering since they were under lockdown from COVID.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026

He had spoken of mastering his fear: that was what she’d have to do.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman




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