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as in proficiency
a highly developed skill in or knowledge of something
the exchange student returned from her year in Spain with a complete mastery of the language
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as in power
the right or means to command or control others
the British monarch has only token mastery over the citizens of the United Kingdom
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Recent Examples of mastery
But, despite director James Wan's strong visual sensibility and mastery of cinematic space, the overall movie feels a little more imbalanced and less tidy than some of the better entries in the series.
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 28 Oct. 2024
To distill the secret behind this metabolic mastery, study co-author and zoologist Dorothée Huchon led a hunt for genetic clues.
—Rachel Berkowitz, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024
To capture moments like these requires not just a mastery of craft but a filmmaker with the soulfulness and deep well of compassion for their subjects.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2024
Digital badges are a mainstay of online education, intended to attest to the completion of some form of course or the mastery of a specific skill.
—Derek Newton, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 28 Oct. 2024
To distill the secret behind this metabolic mastery, study co-author and zoologist Dorothée Huchon led a hunt for genetic clues.
—Rachel Berkowitz, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024
To capture moments like these requires not just a mastery of craft but a filmmaker with the soulfulness and deep well of compassion for their subjects.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2024
Digital badges are a mainstay of online education, intended to attest to the completion of some form of course or the mastery of a specific skill.
—Derek Newton, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mastery
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In a data science team, the vertical bar symbolizes the team's deep technical skills, which include proficiency in areas such as statistics, machine learning, programming and data analysis.Shivanku Misra, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Even more troubling, this failure rate marks a one-percentage-point drop in proficiency from the previous year, underscoring a worrying trend in student achievement that is raising alarms ...Stephen Moore, National Review, 15 Oct. 2024
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Education and community engagement appear to be two areas of unique strength for Shelley, who even in a brief interview spoke passionately and persuasively about the power of music.Samantha Dunn, Orange County Register, 13 Nov. 2024
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Instead of driving China and North Korea apart, Washington should try to capitalize on Beijing’s power over Pyongyang by urging China to clearly communicate two redlines to its partner.Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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Glimpses of past traumas and ongoing tribulations are thrown into balance the full breadth of a character striving to solidify her dominion.Holly Jones, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
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Spain’s colonial tenure ended in the twilight years of the nineteenth century with the emergence of the United States as a world power, hungry for its own offshore dominions.Jon Lee Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
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For the last two years, Jeff Smith’s Starboard has been mounting a campaign at the media conglomerate, seeking both the dissolution of the dual-class structure that gives the Murdoch family outsize control and for the company to split off its highly valuable online real estate business.Rohan Goswami, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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His win would further cement his role as a potential leader within the Senate Republican caucus and keep the Senate seat in Republican control.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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But Trump has embraced a curious menagerie of B-list rappers and questionable influencers thought to hold sway among young Black men.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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The collection featured holographic tanks, which appeared to capture the movement and energy of nature photography, and laser-cut and 3D-printed flowers on the garments, mimicking the natural sway of a field in the wind.Ritu Upadhyay, WWD, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Mastery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mastery. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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