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Recent Examples of cicerone
Jen Blair, 45, is one of 28 master cicerones, or beer experts, in the world, only five of whom are women.
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Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
Here our cicerone stopped and turned back to address us.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
Producing full-bodied, low-carb beers can be difficult, but the challenge has inspired innovation, Katherine Benecke, a cicerone at Treadwell Park in New York City, told Fox News Digital.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The advanced cicerone — a cicerone is like a sommelier, but for beer rather than wine — also writes a Substack about drinking and music, Beer & Soul.
—Chloe Veltman, NPR, 13 June 2025
In both her garden and her paintings, color is the cicerone that guides Lauter’s audience through emotional journeys fraught with personal iconography and symbolic meditations on life and mortality.
—Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 6 Sep. 2024
Founder and brew master David Reese is the only advanced cicerone in the state and one of only 139 in the world, earning this certification for his advanced knowledge of beer and flavors.
—Kelsey Ogletree, Southern Living, 16 Jan. 2024
Dealing with the passion of the artist through the complexity of the man, Cooper inhabits Bernstein and Maestro’s compositions with Nézet-Séguin as his cicerone.
Like Maestro Cooper, Nézet-Séguin lost himself within the music of the film and the power of the art form while channeling Bernstein.
—A.d. Amorosi, SPIN, 20 Dec. 2023
Monosoff is also a certified cicerone — which means she’s trained to taste, evaluate and serve beer — and a master sommelier, the highest distinction for a wine expert.
—Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2020
Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
Here our cicerone stopped and turned back to address us.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
Producing full-bodied, low-carb beers can be difficult, but the challenge has inspired innovation, Katherine Benecke, a cicerone at Treadwell Park in New York City, told Fox News Digital.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The advanced cicerone — a cicerone is like a sommelier, but for beer rather than wine — also writes a Substack about drinking and music, Beer & Soul.
—Chloe Veltman, NPR, 13 June 2025
In both her garden and her paintings, color is the cicerone that guides Lauter’s audience through emotional journeys fraught with personal iconography and symbolic meditations on life and mortality.
—Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 6 Sep. 2024
Founder and brew master David Reese is the only advanced cicerone in the state and one of only 139 in the world, earning this certification for his advanced knowledge of beer and flavors.
—Kelsey Ogletree, Southern Living, 16 Jan. 2024
Dealing with the passion of the artist through the complexity of the man, Cooper inhabits Bernstein and Maestro’s compositions with Nézet-Séguin as his cicerone.
Like Maestro Cooper, Nézet-Séguin lost himself within the music of the film and the power of the art form while channeling Bernstein.
—A.d. Amorosi, SPIN, 20 Dec. 2023
Monosoff is also a certified cicerone — which means she’s trained to taste, evaluate and serve beer — and a master sommelier, the highest distinction for a wine expert.
—Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cicerone
Noun
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The work is about a young boy and a disillusioned spirit guide who doesn’t believe humanity is worth saving.—
Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Check out our other guides to the best telescopes, binoculars, cameras, star projectors, drones, Lego and much more.—
Alexander Cox,
Space.com,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Bear, who has now been sober for four years, became a parent mentor.—
Raynee Howell,
Oklahoma Watch,
9 Feb. 2026
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Enter actor Kurt Russell, playing a wise mentor who soon gets Greg up to speed.—
Omar L. Gallaga,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Then, as Musk has been prone to do, the former presidential adviser disregarded much of his previous explanation and said that building a civilization on Mars was still an option, just that building on the Moon is SpaceX’s current priority.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Feb. 2026
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Starmer had faced growing pressure over the past week to fire McSweeney, who is regarded as a key adviser in Downing Street and seen as a close ally of Mandelson.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Positions hit hardest by the cuts include certain teachers, aides and administrators, according to a break-down by the Boston Municipal Research Bureau (BMRB).—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
10 Feb. 2026
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Mayes was a young teacher at Forest Oaks Middle School in Fort Worth when her older brother took off for Vietnam.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Cicerone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cicerone. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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