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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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Recent Examples of guru
The lifestyle guru isn’t the first A-lister to break out the relaxed pants style, but her lightweight linen take on the trend makes so much sense for spring and summer.
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Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
Hat tip to assistant GM, Larry Simmons, who is the Jets’ resident cap guru.
—Murat Ates, New York Times, 4 May 2026
Lighting guru and artist Bentley Meeker, who has lit hundreds of events and galas, said there are ways to do it better.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 3 May 2026
Peptides, which are short chains of amino acids that serve as the building blocks of proteins, have gained popularity among wellness influencers and fitness gurus as a means of building muscle, healing injuries or appearing younger.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
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Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
Hat tip to assistant GM, Larry Simmons, who is the Jets’ resident cap guru.
—Murat Ates, New York Times, 4 May 2026
Lighting guru and artist Bentley Meeker, who has lit hundreds of events and galas, said there are ways to do it better.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 3 May 2026
Peptides, which are short chains of amino acids that serve as the building blocks of proteins, have gained popularity among wellness influencers and fitness gurus as a means of building muscle, healing injuries or appearing younger.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guru
Noun
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Crime victims are at least as important as criminals; unfortunately, their voices are small compared to the phalanx of behavioral experts who believe the worst place for a person who’s committed a crime is prison.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
20 May 2026
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Criminal charges against school officials after a school shooting are quite rare, experts say.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
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While kintsugi has gained national visibility, particularly on the coasts, practitioners in the Midwest remain rare.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2026
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Lepoutre said Chapiron’s project is inspired by real cases in France involving young women who set themselves up as informal practitioners, offering discounted Botox and injections with dubious products.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
13 May 2026
Noun
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Tremendously fierce to everyone and everything except each other and their master.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Now that she’s graduated with her business degree, the mom of four is planning on going back to school for her master’s in the fall.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
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This movement, known as critical legal studies, was associated with the political left, and its exponents, known as crits, loved to disparage liberal theorists’ devotion to the Constitution as naïve and counterproductive.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Torresani becomes the latest exponent of a recruiting shift for Dutcher and his staff, from almost exclusively Southern California high school prospects to bounce-back transfers to a more national focus to now casting their net overseas.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 May 2026
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Thomas’s account of Progressivism as a malign force threatening individual liberty echoes an argument developed by scholars at the conservative Claremont Institute.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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The book begins as a British scholar named Jeremy Pordage is being chauffeured north along the California coast from Los Angeles to stay with Stoyte.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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Tech pioneer adept at shifting gears Atom Power was co-founded in 2015 by Kouroussis and Ryan Kennedy as a UNC Charlotte incubator, a project that started at the college before spinning off its own company and moving to the Lake Norman area.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, Alouette has become an adept of dye recipes.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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The brick-and-mortar Harbaugh gets to face off against scheme wizard Sean McVay.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
16 May 2026
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Since co-founding Vampire Weekend 20 years ago and producing the band’s first three albums, Rostam Batmanglij has enjoyed a unique profile as a pop songwriter and studio wizard, especially for a guy whose sound never really left his old band’s highbrow sensibilities behind.—
Jon Dolan,
Rolling Stone,
14 May 2026
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Moore is a multiaward-winning saxophone player, and Wheeler is a Grammy-winning producer, composer and keyboard virtuoso.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
18 May 2026
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To call a musician a virtuoso can be double-edged.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Guru.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guru. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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