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mastery

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


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That is, developing mastery through hands-on engagement, social modeling, and “vicarious experience,” according to Baker.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

Dismissed as “not a product guy,” the outgoing CEO proved that supply-chain mastery could take Apple to new heights.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 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

That six-year-old Bobby was beating thirty-six-year-old Regina and eleven-year-old Joan, as brilliant as both were, is significant in understanding his rapidly evolving mastery of chess, and himself.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

And to shew their agility, they tried many masteries vpon the ropes of the ship after our mariners fashion, and appeared to be very strong of their armes, and nimble of their bodies.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. by Richard Hakluyt

To this rough salutation the Duke of Lancaster replied, "He shall keep such masteries here, though you say nay."

From Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies Volume I by Anonymous

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

From Lady Rose's Daughter by Mrs. Humphry Ward

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

And where were any masteries done, thereat would he be, and there might none cast bar nor stone to him by two yards.

From Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" by U. Waldo Cutler




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