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aficionado

[uh-fish-yuh-nah-doh, ah-fee-thyaw-nah-thaw, ah-fee-syaw-] / əˌfɪʃ jəˈnɑ doʊ, ɑˌfi θjɔˈnɑ ðɔ, ɑˌfi sjɔ- /


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"I'm not really a musical expert or aficionado," he says.

From BBC May 24, 2026

To mark the occasion, Hun Sen, an aficionado of luxury watches, gave each leader a $20,000 limited-edition timepiece—donated by Chen Zhi, whose staggering wealth helped gain him entry into Cambodia’s political elite.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 20, 2026

If he’s an aficionado of fiction, there’s quite a few in the latest Booker Prize shortlist.

From MarketWatch Jan. 17, 2026

I’m more aficionado than maniac, but I find them endlessly listenable, rewatchable — they just look great, for one thing — and interesting.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 26, 2025

Mary asked Helen, an aficionado of the outdoors, to take Janice trekking with a full backpack, first on Buckroe Beach, then up into Virginia’s Shenandoah mountains.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

He went to bat for gummy aficionados during oral argument.

From Slate Jun. 18, 2026

Thrust into a position that was not his, Bradley had to endure the jeers of frenzied aficionados at the start of his professional career, along with spitting and tossed coins.

From Barron's Jun. 8, 2026

To some aficionados, the bikes are an expression of the same rebelliousness that fueled the rise of companies such as Harley-Davidson.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

Now they’re rising again, a battalion of restored and replica specimens, beloved by road-trippers, kitsch aficionados, artists, preservationists and savvy entrepreneurs.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2026

It is these aficionados, these rêveurs, who see the details in the bigger picture of the circus.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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