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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
Moore has trained with Tom House, a renowned quarterback guru who also worked extensively with Tom Brady, a minority owner of the Raiders.
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Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
Defensive guru Chris DeMarco is set to begin his new job as the head coach of the WNBA’s New York Liberty.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025
The wellness guru believes that the secret to dieting is feeding your gut microbiome, which is the trillions of bacteria, viruses and fungi that inhabit your intestinal tract and bear huge impact on your weight and health.
—Lauren Mechling, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2025
But Navarro had long sought to trade his academic status for a more dazzling form of power—mayor of San Diego, stock guru, Democratic congressman, television host.
—Ian Parker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
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Sign up for our free daily newsletter for the latest hacks, expert advice, and more!—
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According to West Singhbhum Deputy Commissioner Chandan Kumar, officials are also working to help people in nearby villages relocate while wildlife experts attempt to track down the elephant.—
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Now, fire researchers, managers and practitioners are looking to it for answers.—
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Its practitioners were devoted to the close reading of texts, independent of their authors’ social and historical circumstances.—
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Residents in a Stockton zip code have reported their mail is being stolen and worry someone may have access to the master postal key.—
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She was allowed to study there in her fifth year of college basketball because CU’s Boulder campus does not offer a master’s in criminal justice.—
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After years of a 4-4-2 being the prevailing setup across Europe in the 1990s, former Manchester City assistant manager Juanma Lillo was an early exponent of the 4-2-3-1 system in the early 2000s during his time in Spain.—
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Young Thug is the purest exponent of mainstream rap’s melodic rap era.—
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The museum, focused on the arts, history and technology, will draw tourists and scholars from around the world.—
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Other industries also had their assets taken away under Chávez's 14-year reign, and companies have filed at least 60 arbitration claims against Venezuela since the 2000s, according to Luisa Palacios, an adjunct senior research scholar at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy.—
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For Sanders, the challenge will be balancing aggression and prudence , avoiding turnovers against a defense adept at disguising coverage, while still pushing the ball deep enough to challenge a typically conservative Browns offense.—
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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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Who were the ad wizards who came up with that one?—
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This wizard doesn’t even use a curtain.—
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They were accompanied by vocal virtuosos Lucius and blues-rock rippers Judith Hill and Eric Krasno, each fixtures in the local music community trying to rebuild itself in the wake of the Eaton fire.—
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Geese, a quartet of young rock virtuosos from Brooklyn, capture the vibe shift in freaky fidelity.—
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“Guru.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guru. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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