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as in expert
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field
one of those weather gurus that the television networks always drag out whenever there's a big blizzard brewing
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as in practitioner
one who brings an art or science to full realization
the leading guru of electronic music in the 1960s
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Instead, the Heat’s draft guru appreciates the uncertainties of the process, the lack of guarantees, how hindsight can offer lessons for the future, but not alter reality.
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Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Nov. 2024
Polls show Trump leading President Biden in five swing states.
Nov. 6: Obama campaign guru David Axelrod says Biden should drop out of the 2024 race.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
Following the signing of an India-Colombia audiovisual coproduction agreement, IFFI’s opening ceremony included the first look at a film examining the role of guru and spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in bringing peace to Colombia.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Nov. 2024
Mehmet Oz, a celebrity heart surgeon turned talk show host and lifestyle guru, is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the massive federal health care bureaucracy that covers more than a third of Americans.
—Jonathan J. Cooper, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2024
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Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Nov. 2024
Polls show Trump leading President Biden in five swing states.
Nov. 6: Obama campaign guru David Axelrod says Biden should drop out of the 2024 race.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
Following the signing of an India-Colombia audiovisual coproduction agreement, IFFI’s opening ceremony included the first look at a film examining the role of guru and spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in bringing peace to Colombia.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Nov. 2024
Mehmet Oz, a celebrity heart surgeon turned talk show host and lifestyle guru, is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the massive federal health care bureaucracy that covers more than a third of Americans.
—Jonathan J. Cooper, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2024
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Read more Workplace incivility spikes around elections, expert says at Newsweek event Presidential election causing office unrest?Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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While Trump could use executive authority to unwind Biden energy provisions, Mosby and others have said Congress is likely to lead a process that peels back policy, discards or alters certain provisions, all of which experts say insulates the action from legal scrutiny.Dipka Bhambhani, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Each pillar reflects the team’s dual role as both practitioners of innovation and facilitators of a company-wide culture shift toward experimentation and agility.Stephen Wunker, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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At a time of year when to-do lists become gargantuan and materialism rockets, religious practitioners from a variety of Christian denominations say that the spiritual practice of Advent provides a counterweight to the Christmas season’s commercialism.Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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The company also leveled up its wine program by partnering with master sommelier Andrea Robinson.Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2024
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There’s no master list of the year’s on-screen chemistry; but if there were, the trio of Martindale, Diamantopoulos, and Cyr would absolutely deserve a spot.Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
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The most prominent exponent of this perspective is Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, who in his declaration of war on Oct. 7, 2023, quoted the famous Bialik poem about Kishinev.Marc Tracy, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
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Banda Machos, perhaps the most significant exponent of Jalisco’s quebradita-style banda music, rotated onto the Beso stage in a dark green and neon frazzle variation of their signature costume.Vicky Camarillo, Austin American-Statesman, 3 Mar. 2024
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Monica Sanders is an attorney, scholar, and writer focused on sustainability, climate justice, and emerging resilience technologies.Monica Sanders, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Frazer contacted a scholar, Susan Weininger, who had written two books about Abercrombie.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 2 Dec. 2024
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Naomi Goggin Switch to island time—and expect transportation snafus Even with two planners, and a bride adept at project management, there was one logistical hurdle that was tough to cross: local transportation.Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Nov. 2024
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The libero is usually a defensive specialist adept at passing.Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 30 July 2024
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Rather than just being a defensive wizard, Walker can threaten to hit 30-plus home runs with elite OPS numbers.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
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An outsider like Elphaba simply cannot stand to see the Winged Monkeys used as spies for the wizard’s anti-animal regime.Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
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Yet given his gifts (keyboard virtuoso, powerful soul voice, stellar dancer, able to craft a propulsive hook), why didn’t Billy Preston become a bigger star?Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
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Trump, the reigning virtuoso of attention-hacking, seems destined to keep repeating the same leaden anecdotes about shark attacks and long-dead celebrities, but Carlson has an appetite for new information and a flair for verbal dexterity.Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
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