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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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Steve Soboroff and Randy Johnson, the Playa Vista developers who testified for the plaintiffs as expert witnesses and were then drafted by the judge as his housing gurus, had assured him that hundreds of modular units could be in place in 18 months.
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Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
Elsewhere, health guru and influencer Bethany Welles (played by guest star Amy Sedaris) boards the boat, bringing along her personal chef Vivian (BlacKkKlansman‘s Laura Harrier) — who also becomes Tristan’s love interest, and later decides to join the ship’s crew full time.
—Claire Franken, TVLine, 17 Oct. 2024
Then there was Spanish star Nicole Wallace, who gushed when telling our social media guru Nada about her hopes for My Fault: London, the Prime Video UK remake of her ultra-popular rom-com Culpa Mía.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
In his book, Out of the Crisis, quality management guru Dr. William Edwards Deming describes the production line as everything from incoming materials to the consumer; his philosophy is rooted in managing production or the business to optimize the whole system, not just the parts.
—Deisell Donahoe, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
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Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
Elsewhere, health guru and influencer Bethany Welles (played by guest star Amy Sedaris) boards the boat, bringing along her personal chef Vivian (BlacKkKlansman‘s Laura Harrier) — who also becomes Tristan’s love interest, and later decides to join the ship’s crew full time.
—Claire Franken, TVLine, 17 Oct. 2024
Then there was Spanish star Nicole Wallace, who gushed when telling our social media guru Nada about her hopes for My Fault: London, the Prime Video UK remake of her ultra-popular rom-com Culpa Mía.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
In his book, Out of the Crisis, quality management guru Dr. William Edwards Deming describes the production line as everything from incoming materials to the consumer; his philosophy is rooted in managing production or the business to optimize the whole system, not just the parts.
—Deisell Donahoe, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
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One of its core elements is constant control—regular audits to address bias, strict verification processes to prevent cybercrime, strong analytics and tracking tools, and human-in-the-loop systems for expert oversight.Alexandr Khomich, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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The commission’s 22 members — academic experts from a dozen countries — reviewed existing studies and surveys on gambling’s prevalence, impacts and harms and determined that on a global scale, current regulations do not go far enough to protect the public and need to be strengthened.Randi Richardson, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024
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But for seasoned practitioners, tai chi’s flow can be done anytime, anywhere.Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
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The practitioner will look at your medical history, assess current symptoms, and perform a physical examination.Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2024
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Allison went to college and eventually got her masters at the New School.Bethy Squires, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
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Responding to a glossary of Christian European maternal iconography, Catlett replicated the Mother and Child archetype, initially premiered as a limestone carving for her master’s thesis in 1940, later as lithographs and sculptures in terra-cotta, wood, and black marble.Shameekia Shantel Johnson, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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What is important is that the success that the new exponents have had has splashed and helped us, and that is very good for all of us.Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2024
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The genus is a property related to the highest exponent in the polynomial equation describing the curve.Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2024
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Lawyers and scholars would pass judgment, and cross-partisan pro-democracy coalitions would need to emerge to support and legitimize the states’ contentious actions.Jenna Bednar, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
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According to the scholar Maria Tatar, these were folktales shared among adults after hours, while the children were asleep.Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 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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Still though, the dietary differences alone aren’t sufficient to explain what makes snakes so evolutionary adept.Popular Science, Popular Science, 22 Feb. 2024
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Despite this description, Law found an inner peace playing the wise, if not secretive wizard.Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 3 Nov. 2024
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Wizards Beyond Waverly Place saw the return of Selena Gomez and David Henrie as wizards over 10 years after Wizards of Waverly Place ended, but Jake T. Austin was missing so far.Jordana Comiter, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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The virtuoso believes there should be healthy aspects of listening to dance music that benefit listeners positively other than just loving the genre.Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
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Van Halen claims that Roth found the idea to be offensive and refused to entertain any type of tribute to the guitar virtuoso.Devon Ivie, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Guru.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guru. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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