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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 production and infrastructure guru, who also deals with the likes of security, transportation, cinemas and other buildings, as well as sponsors, lauds the big team effort that goes into KVIFF every year.
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Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
29 June 2026
The entire film takes place in the palatial bathroom of the Silicon Valley guru.
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Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
29 June 2026
The issue is that the lifestyle guru recently starred in a promotional video that appeared in early June for a luxury Israeli development near Gaza, where reportedly more than 73,000 Palestinians have been killed during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
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John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
25 June 2026
But according to fashion guru Tan France, some of those tensions sparked before the cameras even started rolling.
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Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 June 2026
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Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
29 June 2026
The entire film takes place in the palatial bathroom of the Silicon Valley guru.
—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
29 June 2026
The issue is that the lifestyle guru recently starred in a promotional video that appeared in early June for a luxury Israeli development near Gaza, where reportedly more than 73,000 Palestinians have been killed during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
25 June 2026
But according to fashion guru Tan France, some of those tensions sparked before the cameras even started rolling.
—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guru
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But this should be guided and individualized by the right expert in terms of counseling and determining both the risks and benefits of sports based on the cardiac diagnosis and type of sport engaged in by the athlete.
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Sandy Baum, an expert in education finance with the Urban Institute, said the new loan limits are unreasonably low, but uncapped borrowing was a real problem and some restrictions are necessary.
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When fluid accumulated from infection, a practitioner might use a small sharp spear nested in a metal tube, called a trocar and cannula.
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For example, L’Oréal’s Brandstorm program gives young people around the globe access to practitioners and a visible path from competition to early-career opportunity.
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While theology and ministry studies were designated as nonprofessional, the master of divinity degree often pursued by eventual pastors or ministers does retain professional status.
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In one mega master in San Antonio, Texas, out of the 175 cases ordered to appear before a judge one morning, about 40 people didn’t show up, said attorney Jessica Smith Bobadilla.
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The deformation depends on a single free exponent.
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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.
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For a quarter century, Jane Calvert has been on a mission shared by few scholars of the Revolutionary War era.
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Debate over the World War I-era killings, widely seen by scholars as the first genocide of the 20th century, now collides with international accusations over Israel’s conduct in Gaza.
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Meanwhile, Alouette has become an adept of dye recipes.
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But if the destination is appealing and the driver adept, the journey is bound to be worth taking.
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After climbing the Azkaban Escape Tower to the top, repel-style, young wizards-in-training, Clark and Emily Friscia, were ready to go home.
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And two other high-flying AI wizards — Anthropic and OpenAI — are working on their own mega offerings.
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Just two weeks after Bob Dylan guitarist Doug Lancio vanished from the tour and was replaced by jazz virtuoso Julian Lage, Bob Britt — who has played guitar in Dylan’s band since 2019 — has apparently left the group as well.
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He was widely celebrated as a virtuoso who nurtured America’s economic well-being and whose nearly every utterance was parsed for clues as to where interest rates, the economy and the financial markets might be headed.
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“Guru.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guru. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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