master
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In 2025, following multiple complaints that condo buildings’ master policies were either being cancelled or not renewed, Missouri’s Department of Commerce and Insurance told insurers to avoid doing so.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
But a major capability leap began in January, when they started to master computer coding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Two paintings by the Impressionist master Claude Monet that have never been shown in public are to be sold in Paris next month by the billionaire Schlumberger family of France, auction house Sotheby's said Thursday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Twenty-five years ago, the exhibition “Norman Rockwell: Pictures for the American People” attempted to raise Rockwell to the status of master, and drew breathless acclaim.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
I was hoping to get the chance to work with Seth, just to keep an eye on him, but the master ordered him to work with Gideon.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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Poehler and Schur are masters of warm, thoughtful funniness, so expect plenty of sweet moments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 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
Clearly, the algorithm masters aren’t too precious about these throwaway texts; their core strategy will always be to embrace whatever seems to work best in the moment.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
"We are masters in our own house," the prime minister said on Saturday, just hours after breaking off trade talks with the United States and ordering his negotiators back to Ottawa.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
“Your masters must be very kind,” Lady Meng said.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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Perhaps it was just as well he never mastered Gromit the Cat.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 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
In three years, he said, he mastered the alphabet, but "it took me 22 years to master 650 words" of vocabulary.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Except in the AI age, no one has mastered that.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
I hadn’t quite mastered the journalist’s chin yet.
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
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Still, King Slide gives traders exposure to companies that spent decades mastering highly specialized industrial technologies that are now essential for AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
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
"It's God's gift. Learning and mastering musical instruments came to him naturally," Amaran said.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
He was doing well and read silently, rapidly, picturing the boy in the boat mastering the tide.
From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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