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mastery

[mas-tuh-ree, mah-stuh-] / ˈmæs tə ri, ˈmɑ stə- /


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The range of the characters he played showcased the depth of his acting talent and mastery over his craft.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The combination of an all-around dominant defensive effort, with the Trojans’ usual offensive mastery, offered a glimpse of what USC hopes it can be this season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

The Constitution is a “liberty document,” and he was responding to a view of the Constitution that saw it as written by powerful men to embody a theory of power and mastery.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026

"These engravings are organized and consistent, and show mastery of geometric relationships," Ferrara explains.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

It is important to understand where the particular mastery of that moment comes from.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

To masteries of another order the saint has never been disinclined.

From Lady Rose's Daughter by Mrs. Humphry Ward

"Had I known what masteries you would use in my church," he said, "I had kept you from coming there."

From English Literature for Boys and Girls by H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth) Marshall

‘Let us some other masteries make, And we will walk in the woods even; We may chance meet with Robin Hood At some unset steven.’

From Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series by Frank Sidgwick

Money saith reason; for so doth it fare, Money makes masteries, old proverbs declare.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by William Carew Hazlitt

And if a man strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned except he strive lawfully.—II.

From Humanity in the City by E. H. (Edwin Hubbell) Chapin




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