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mastery

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


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It wouldn’t surprise him if some employers expect AI mastery — especially with the technology’s ability to create and polish images.

From MarketWatch Jun. 22, 2026

He remained "a defining voice in art across his lifetime," it added, praising his "boundless curiosity, mastery of colour and embrace of new technologies".

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

Ilaiyaraaja's mastery of the form helped disrupt those hierarchies.

From BBC Jun. 6, 2026

Whether in the films beloved by the Wu-Tang or the animated sagas Megan favors, characters battle not simply for survival but to achieve mastery.

From Salon May 31, 2026

The galaxy belonged to them, and as terror was communicated to our children, I saw mastery communicated to theirs.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Fuller, speaking of the swash-bucklers, or bullies, of Queen Elizabeth's time, says, 'West Smithfield was formerly called Ruffian's Hall, where such men usually met, casually or otherwise, to try masteries with sword or buckler.

From The Lady of the Lake by Scott, Walter, Sir

‘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 Sidgwick, Frank

And to show their agility, they tried many masteries upon the ropes of the ship after our mariners' fashion, and appeared to be very strong of their arms and nimble of their bodies.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 by Rudd, John

Why, thou cowardly knave, no stronger than a duck, Barest thou try masteries with me a-pluck.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by Hazlitt, William Carew

If a man strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.

From True Christianity by Arndt, Johann




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