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mastery

[mas-tuh-ree, mah-stuh-] / ˈmæs tə ri, ˈmɑ stə- /


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The range of the characters he played showcased the depth of his acting talent and mastery over his craft.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

“The availability of what appears to be ‘expert’ information…gives students an illusion of mastery before it has been achieved, which may eventually lead to problems in the workplace.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

It was there that she met Sigurd, and Ms. Kingsolver revels in the brief, halcyon period when Livia was rapturously in love and reaching new heights of musical mastery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

That is, developing mastery through hands-on engagement, social modeling, and “vicarious experience,” according to Baker.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

I wanted to deepen my experience, achieve as much mastery as I could in the time I had.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

To employ the language of the text, by these he strives for masteries; but he does not strive lawfully, and so he is not crowned.

From Humanity in the City by E. H. (Edwin Hubbell) Chapin

And if a man strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned except he strive lawfully.—II.

From Humanity in the City by E. H. (Edwin Hubbell) Chapin

Away with your nonsense of oil and easels, of marble and chisels; except to open your eyes to the masteries of eternal art, they are hypocritical rubbish.

From Essays — First Series by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Money saith reason; for so doth it fare, Money makes masteries, old proverbs declare.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by William Carew Hazlitt

To this rough salutation the Duke of Lancaster replied, "He shall keep such masteries here, though you say nay."

From Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies Volume I by Anonymous


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