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[mas-ter, mah-ster] / ˈmæs tər, ˈmɑ stər /






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A third floor comprises the master bedroom, surrounded by three decks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

In the past 20 years Mr. Macintyre has become the master of the nonfiction spy genre, his books chronicling remarkable stories of operatives, famous and unknown, who changed history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

It was not announced whether Trump would return as master of ceremonies for this year’s event.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

They will use a master group trust that can handle transactions without getting specific information about individuals that investment managers wouldn’t be legally able to receive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

"Sancho, where's your master? You haven't killed him, have you?" the priest asked.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

“I’ve had multiple phone calls from harbor masters and fire chiefs in Southern California over the past week, saying, ‘Why is the harbor flooding?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Then there's this, he said: AI models are getting better and better at detecting when they are being tested and might behave differently when they are actually deployed, fooling their masters.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

In unpacking the new single title, Harper’s Bazaar suggested that maybe modern-day fame is the disease, and Swift the “early guinea pig” who has fought against sexism and re-created her own masters.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

And there are dynamic comic strips by masters of the genre, such as Hal Foster, Hergé, George Herriman and Winsor McCay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

I’d not wanted to believe the things I’d heard about boat masters.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

The young competitor from Sichuan Province has mastered more than 1,300 Rubik's Cube solving algorithms after vigorous training that involved spending two to three hours a day on the cube over the past year.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

For students who haven’t yet mastered a skill, it can be an obstacle to learning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Mr. Iyer’s left hand is more than up to the task of the low-end contrapuntal motion that Mr. Threadgill’s music demands, and Mr. Prieto long ago mastered his idea of frictionless grooves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

It’s been a long time since we’ve seen anything like that from a press secretary, but no one has mastered the dark art of hucksterism with Leavitt’s aplomb.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

But before they could join the other students, their parents had wanted to make sure they had mastered the basics and caught up.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

Lawrence and others, concentrates on the young Brahms as the composer takes his first steps toward mastering all genres of music except opera.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

AI can also still be used for mastering songs and, for example, using drum machines and auto tune.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

It’s a sonic recipe that the two former schoolmates have been mastering since they were under lockdown from COVID.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

After mastering the accumulation phase of your wealth journey, managing the distribution phase can get increasingly tricky.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026

He was fully aware that even if, by some miracle, he managed to find a suitable spell, he’d have a real job mastering it overnight.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling




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