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maestro

[mahy-stroh] / ˈmaɪ stroʊ /
NOUN
leader of band
Synonyms


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That mindset has made him a horror maestro for over three decades.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

Whatever your response to that statement - and it could be debated for hours - it cannot be denied that the Argentine maestro is among the best players to ever set foot on a pitch.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

It had enlisted an unlikely negotiator: a celebrated Kenyan maestro who had come to enjoy the performance.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

I mustered my best keystroke maestro and pushed the limits of my texting speed.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 29, 2026

He had become a maestro himself—was regarded as he had once regarded Uncle Dap.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Just as much, those maestri would defer to Mr. Drucker’s interpretations of clarinet solos.

From New York Times Dec. 20, 2022

As an example let us take the case of the radio maestri.

From Time Magazine Archive

I have written three operas, and am a member of the Bologna Academy; I underwent a trial where several maestri toiled and labored for four or five hours, whereas I finished my work in one.

From The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Ludwig Nohl

The art of Priscilla seems to me to satisfy this test much better than that of many of our modern maestri.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 7th, 1920 by Various

And this piece of ecclesiastical furniture therefore presented a great field for the taste and ingenuity of the old maestri in wood-carving to exhibit their skill both in design and in execution.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 by Various

Donning video headsets and armed with nothing more than a joystick and the Olympics’ fastest fingers, these maestros have the exact same objective as the athlete they’re filming: to be the best in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 13, 2026

Speaking of midfield maestros, the mercurial Zidane has been out of management since leaving Barcelona's Clasico rivals Real Madrid in 2021.

From BBC Oct. 28, 2024

At 56, Aguilar stands as one of the most respected maestros in contemporary Mexican music.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2024

Speaking of midfield maestros, the mercurial Zinedine Zidane has been out of management since leaving Barcelona's Clasico rivals Real Madrid in 2021.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2024

In the case of the classical musicians’ auditions, the maestros were incapable of making a fair judgment about how well someone was playing if they could see them.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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