PAST MASTERS Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

past masters

noun

plural of past master

as in experts

a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field a movie director who was widely regarded as the past master of suspense

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The idea that the relationship was ending sets off alarm bells for experts like Nikki Engel, who serves as the co-executive director of Violence Free Minnesota.

— Conor Wight, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
Universities are breaking the economic bargain that once kept experts in the classroom.

— Francisco Ruiz, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of experts

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The energetic margins may be condemned by the masters of cities, but cities would not be the same without them.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 17 Aug. 2026
Thousands have attended Energy Healing Conference events in Utah, Montana and Idaho, where breathwork practitioners, Reiki masters and herbalists gather to dispense ancient wisdom.

— T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026

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Only in the 21st century have historians and scholars in the study of religion pursued more cautious academic research on Hoodoo.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
Gittelsohn, a painter who attended the now-shuttered San Francisco Art Institute in the 1970s, located across the street from the couple’s home, reached out to about 50 scholars and art experts about the origins of the bust.

— Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

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Warming to his theme, Roberts pushed back at the sometimes-combative relationship between artists and those dishing out public funds.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2026
The artists chosen for MATRIX shows are invited to rethink the entire space in a way that best suits their work.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026

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