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Recent Examples of mastery Performances inside the production offered solid strength, with many veterans in the ensemble providing a mastery of Shakespeare’s meter through a plot that has many moving parts. David John Chávez, Mercury News, 30 July 2025 There tends to be a noticeable gap between competence and mastery, a difference shaped by depth, training and perseverance. Razzak Jallow, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025 Where internet trolls often come off as flippant or spiteful, there is a relentless sense of play and mastery of language in even McNally’s most needling posts. Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025 Math learning materials can be part of your child’s current math instruction or provide supplemental practice to improve concept mastery. Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mastery
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Noun
  • Frank used this strategy at Brentford, particularly with Raya and Toney, allowing a third-man runner to profit from his aerial proficiency.
    Elias Burke, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Critics argue that golden visas allow applicants to bypass residency requirements that apply to the rest of the population, such as language proficiency and the need to be in a country for a specific duration before applying.
    Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Hall 6 puts yachts between 65 and 115 feet in the spotlight with a solid selection of superyachts, multihulls in both sail and power, and a special area for superboats and tenders to complement the parent yachts.
    Kathleen Turner, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Join us in San Francisco to see hosts Katie Drummond, Michael Calore, and Lauren Goode shed light on the people, power, and influence of Silicon Valley.
    WIRED Staff, Wired News, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The BIDs have influence over about half of 14th Street; the Union Square folks’ dominion covers First to Sixth Avenues, the Meatpacking group’s from Eighth to the Hudson.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 29 July 2025
  • And yet if history is any guide, Moscow could go to extreme lengths to preserve its regional dominion.
    JEFFREY MANKOFF, Foreign Affairs, 24 July 2025
Noun
  • Turn into the skid - Turning into the skid can help the vehicle's tires realign to regain control.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 16 Aug. 2025
  • President Erika Sloane, however, convinces Ethan to return to stop a self-aware artificial intelligence program called The Entity before the AI takes control of all the world’s nuclear arsenals and causes nuclear Armageddon.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Although New Yorkers have heavily leaned Democratic in most local and statewide elections, Republicans have gained traction with the help of a strong base combined with more political sway from independent voters.
    Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Traditional models of persuasion designed to push, nudge, or steer don't hold as much sway in a world where the consumer is often one step ahead.
    Teja Chekuri, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025

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“Mastery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mastery. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.

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