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guru

[goor-oo, goo-roo] / ˈgʊər u, gʊˈru /
NOUN
mentor, guide
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Jonathan Krinksy, technical guru at BTIG, notes that the S&P 500 is again battling to breach record highs around the 7,000 level.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

She began seeking out new teachers and after finding her guru, Sri Swami Chidananda, at a yoga center in upstate New York, would travel abroad periodically to study with him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The panic has percolated enough that political consultant and data guru Paul Mitchell set up a model predicting the likely makeup of the top two.

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2026

After 2002, Orbán befriended Árpád Habony, a martial arts instructor and businessman, as his personal guru.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

There he sat, cross-legged on the floor at the end of the couch, a near-sighted guru, blinking behind his glasses.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson




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