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guru

[goor-oo, goo-roo] / ˈgʊər u, gʊˈru /
NOUN
mentor, guide
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"And now it's become an exercise in how, if you're lucky often enough, people will think you're a guru."

From BBC • May 26, 2026

The introduction of the car, co-designed by former Apple design guru Jony Ive, got widely panned on social media and drew unfavorable comparisons to Nissan’s Leaf, which has a list price around $30,000.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

It’s a deeper reflection, he suggested, of why and how these scandals keep happening within the “contemporary guru economy,” which has three elements that don’t mix well together: moral authority, celebrity culture and the marketplace.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

Investment guru Mark Mobius, known for championing international markets, died at 89, according to his LinkedIn page.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

In addition, my oldest brother, Dennis, guru of wisdom and source of much of our worldly news in the 1960s, came home from college with respect for Jewish friends he’d met.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride




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