as in expert
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field
a maestro of the violin
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Recent Examples of maestro
Four years after all the Sturm und Drang that followed Donald Trump's 2020 electoral loss to Joe Biden, the maestro of Mar-a-Lago is set to be inaugurated once more on Monday as president of the United States.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Ole Obermann Global Head of Music, ByteDance/TikTok Ole Obermann is a hugely experienced businessman of music who oversees the sonic sugar-highs of over a billion app users, yet is a fan of slow music maestro Steve Reich.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 9 Jan. 2025
Quincy Jones, a maestro of American music and a titan of the entertainment industry who influenced nearly every popular genre, produced landmark albums and earned 80 Grammy Award nominations, died Sunday, his publicist said.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
While mass-market tequilas and margaritas dominated the global scene for centuries, Mexico's true tequila maestros quietly refined their creations, waiting for the day the rest of the world recognized what tequila could be.
—Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Ole Obermann Global Head of Music, ByteDance/TikTok Ole Obermann is a hugely experienced businessman of music who oversees the sonic sugar-highs of over a billion app users, yet is a fan of slow music maestro Steve Reich.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 9 Jan. 2025
Quincy Jones, a maestro of American music and a titan of the entertainment industry who influenced nearly every popular genre, produced landmark albums and earned 80 Grammy Award nominations, died Sunday, his publicist said.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
While mass-market tequilas and margaritas dominated the global scene for centuries, Mexico's true tequila maestros quietly refined their creations, waiting for the day the rest of the world recognized what tequila could be.
—Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maestro
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On tap for the region through Saturday night are severe thunderstorms and torrential downpours that could even produce multiple tornadoes, said AccuWeather severe weather expert Guy Pearson.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
16 Feb. 2025
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In 2013, overwhelming evidence, including expert U.S.-intelligence analysis, showed that the Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad had used chemical weapons on his people.—
Kori Schake,
The Atlantic,
15 Feb. 2025
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Also, to have that sort of co-sign and support from someone who is the master of the genre, the creator of the era, was a really nice feeling.—
Lily Moayeri,
SPIN,
10 Feb. 2025
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There were boxes of VHS tapes and master reels of most of the historical society programs going back decades, and boxes of Park Forest Reporter newspapers chronicling the village’s early growth.—
Paul Eisenberg,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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This was the kind of virtuoso filmmaking Lynch had never displayed before and perhaps would never do again (with the arguable exception of Mulholland Drive).—
Stephen Galloway,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Jan. 2025
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But Ell is also a guitar virtuoso influenced by some very non-country artists like Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton.—
Audrey Gibbs,
The Tennessean,
31 Oct. 2024
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This month, that work is being celebrated by the Association for the Study of African American Life & History, the advocacy organization founded by the father of Black History Month, scholar Carter G. Woodson.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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Typically, such studies are led by a prominent person of national distinction or a renowned scholar, and are carried out by a panel of national experts from academia, industry, the public sector and nongovernmental organizations.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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Around him, dense as a swarm of tiny insects, float tiny images of fellow adepts engaged in all manner of outré shenanigans.—
Holland Cotter,
New York Times,
26 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 greedy wizard had an idea to build beautiful hotels and homes.—
Letters to the Editor,
Hartford Courant,
7 Feb. 2025
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Looking quite a bit like a wizard casting a curse, Chappell Roan accepted her first ever Grammy by criticizing the music industry.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2025
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But how well Meghan’s products sell at these Netflix locations could determine the American former TV actor’s future with the streaming service or her success as an influencer and lifestyle guru, the source said.—
Martha Ross,
The Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2025
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The show, which stars Kaitlyn Dever, Alycia Debnam-Carey and Aisha Dee, follows a wellness guru who pretends to have cancer to gain a following, is based on the story of Australian wellness entrepreneur Belle Gibson.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
6 Feb. 2025
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The boy’s uncles—a visual artist and an aspiring intellectual—add his own flair, while Hinterland, his flamboyant great-grandmother, played by the now 92-year-old Liliane Rovère, regales memories of her home in Odessa, Prokofiev and a life less ordinary.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2025
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The former United States Ambassador to Australia's appearance with Schlossberg, a designer and artist, comes less than a month after Kennedy published a scathing letter in opposition of her cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s bid for United States health secretary.—
Esther Kang,
People.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Maestro.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maestro. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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