as in expert
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field
a pitcher who is a strikeout artist
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Recent Examples of artist
The event included live entertainment, by the Westminster Municipal Band and Midnite Run, food trucks and vendors, children’s activities, military exhibits, crafters, face painters, balloon artists.
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Jeffrey F. Bill, Baltimore Sun, 3 May 2026
The display is accompanied by a work from artist Lucy Jones, who, like Philip, lives with cerebral palsy.
—Jocelyn Noveck, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
For this year’s Academy Awards, makeup artist Tonya Brewer created Hudson’s radiant makeup look using all Charlotte Tilbury products.
—Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 3 May 2026
Nick Bryant, who previously served as the BBC’s New York correspondent, detailed his encounter with the anonymous British street artist and political activist in a recent post on his Substack.
—Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 3 May 2026
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Jeffrey F. Bill, Baltimore Sun, 3 May 2026
The display is accompanied by a work from artist Lucy Jones, who, like Philip, lives with cerebral palsy.
—Jocelyn Noveck, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
For this year’s Academy Awards, makeup artist Tonya Brewer created Hudson’s radiant makeup look using all Charlotte Tilbury products.
—Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 3 May 2026
Nick Bryant, who previously served as the BBC’s New York correspondent, detailed his encounter with the anonymous British street artist and political activist in a recent post on his Substack.
—Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 3 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for artist
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This class, featuring insights from experts like Amy Cuddy and Sylvia Ann Hewlett, explores the concept of presence in communication and leadership, offering strategies to enhance executive presence, build confidence, and effectively manage performance anxiety for professional success.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Apr. 2026
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But security experts say the name may be a flag of convenience rather than a coherent group, and its claims should be treated with caution.—
Jill Lawless,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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Van Bendegem, who would become a leading scholar on ultrafinitist logic, later addressed these concerns by considering a geometry in which a line or curve has width and is both finite and finitely divisible.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 Apr. 2026
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Ted Kaptchuk, an acupuncturist and leading scholar of the placebo effect, has described this phenomenon in detail.—
Hannah Kerman,
STAT,
29 Apr. 2026
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This new iteration was partly handled by Room40 label boss Lawrence English, who reconstructed the original master tapes and blended them with recent performances by Lockwood and Vanessa Tomlinson, who plays the gong.—
Joshua Minsoo Kim,
Pitchfork,
28 Apr. 2026
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Leaders of the gardens have been undergoing a master planning effort for more than a year in an effort to accommodate visitation of the botanical garden doubling to more than 300,000 people annually over the past decade.—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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To call a musician a virtuoso can be double-edged.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2026
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In positioning Mollestad as an exploratory team player, its six tracks reveal her chops well beyond that of a showboating virtuoso.—
Joshua Minsoo Kim,
Pitchfork,
24 Apr. 2026
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Tech pioneer adept at shifting gears Atom Power was co-founded in 2015 by Kouroussis and Ryan Kennedy as a UNC Charlotte incubator, a project that started at the college before spinning off its own company and moving to the Lake Norman area.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, Alouette has become an adept of dye recipes.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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The books also followed Harry on his mission to stop Lord Voldemort, a dark wizard who killed his parents and wants to rule both the wizard and Muggle (non-magical) world.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
1 May 2026
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Sure, young wizard Harry Potter and his pals, Hermione and Ron, can use their magical skills to defeat the forces of evil.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
30 Apr. 2026
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The classes will be led by fan favorite instructors like running and strength coach Rebecca Kennedy, cycling guide Ally Love and cardio and strength guru Rad Lopez.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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Bambaataa exuded a guru aspect, the source of his virtue being, in some sense, his fidelity to home.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Artist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/artist. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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