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as in scholar
a person having a knowledgeable and fine appreciation of the arts
a forthcoming exhibit at the art museum that is eagerly awaited by connoisseurs of ancient Greek pottery
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as in expert
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field
works that are highly prized by connoisseurs of art glass
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Recent Examples of connoisseur
To recall the authentic flavors of Barcelona this festive season, here are nine wine gifts from Catalonia to delight the wine connoisseur in your life.
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Isabelle Kliger, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
That’s good news for connoisseurs looking beyond farms and markets for their next unforgettable bite - and for French geese too.
—New Atlas, 20 Nov. 2024
For the tea connoisseur, several loose leaf options are available (and this is not the weak variety that would disappoint most Brits).
—Rebekah Evans, The Week Uk, theweek, 18 Nov. 2024
The gardens lie on a property named on the National Register of Historic Places, which was formerly farmland owned by plant and landscaping connoisseurs Theodore and Martha Lee Klein.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 14 Nov. 2024
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Isabelle Kliger, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
That’s good news for connoisseurs looking beyond farms and markets for their next unforgettable bite - and for French geese too.
—New Atlas, 20 Nov. 2024
For the tea connoisseur, several loose leaf options are available (and this is not the weak variety that would disappoint most Brits).
—Rebekah Evans, The Week Uk, theweek, 18 Nov. 2024
The gardens lie on a property named on the National Register of Historic Places, which was formerly farmland owned by plant and landscaping connoisseurs Theodore and Martha Lee Klein.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 14 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for connoisseur
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That year, Morgan’s son, J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr., or Jack, made his father’s library a public institution, easily accessible to scholars.Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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But work and organization scholar Philip Hancock offers a different angle on the familiar image of the Santa Claus-for-hire: that of a worker in a temporary seasonal service job.Laura Clawson, JSTOR Daily, 15 Dec. 2024
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Read more Workplace incivility spikes around elections, expert says at Newsweek event Presidential election causing office unrest?Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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But nobody knows his real age, and some experts suspect Jonathan was probably born even earlier.Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
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The braided and beaded trinkets are woven with messages of kindness, song lyrics or inside jokes among her devotees, who cluster in venue aisles and interminable merchandise lines at concerts to trade as part of their own secret society.Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 10 Dec. 2024
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Earlier this year, wellness devotees largely hailing from California sought out raw milk contaminated with bird flu in the hopes that drinking it would give them antibodies.Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2024
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There’s no master list of the year’s on-screen chemistry; but if there were, the trio of Martindale, Diamantopoulos, and Cyr would absolutely deserve a spot.Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
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The company also leveled up its wine program by partnering with master sommelier Andrea Robinson.Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2024
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He will be called a fascist and a coward and a dilettante.The Editors, National Review, 31 Oct. 2024
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Back in the 1930s, Cocteau was dubbed a dilettante.Harriet Quick, theweek, 17 July 2024
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Naomi Goggin Switch to island time—and expect transportation snafus Even with two planners, and a bride adept at project management, there was one logistical hurdle that was tough to cross: local transportation.Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Nov. 2024
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The libero is usually a defensive specialist adept at passing.Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 30 July 2024
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Both films also are period pieces that had Phillips tapping her impressive network of vintage resources — dealers, archivists, collectors and rental houses.Valli Herman, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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Who Was There Pearl Lam, the renowned gallerist known for championing boundary-pushing contemporary artists, joined Korman in welcoming an intimate gathering of journalists, collectors, and culinary connoisseurs.Jaime Sloane, SPIN, 16 Dec. 2024
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The whole thing was an exercise in virtuoso terraforming.Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 July 2024
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Yet given his gifts (keyboard virtuoso, powerful soul voice, stellar dancer, able to craft a propulsive hook), why didn’t Billy Preston become a bigger star?Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Connoisseur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/connoisseur. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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