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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
The discerning connoisseur who values timeless elegance.
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Lela London, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
On a case-by-case basis, when the works were good, collectors and connoisseurs took notice.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 31 Dec. 2024
The rescue feline — and film connoisseur — has over 60 million likes and nearly 800,000 followers on TikTok (@ellawatchestv_), where her owner, Emily Beck, shares videos of her pet engaging in her favorite pastime: watching movies, more specifically, The Grinch.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
My high school friend has become a mocktail connoisseur.
—Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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Lela London, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
On a case-by-case basis, when the works were good, collectors and connoisseurs took notice.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 31 Dec. 2024
The rescue feline — and film connoisseur — has over 60 million likes and nearly 800,000 followers on TikTok (@ellawatchestv_), where her owner, Emily Beck, shares videos of her pet engaging in her favorite pastime: watching movies, more specifically, The Grinch.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
My high school friend has become a mocktail connoisseur.
—Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for connoisseur
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As technology improves and allows better reading of the manuscript, scholars continue to debate the content of the document and how the fragments should be put together in the hopes of gaining even more insight into Hellenic religion and philosophy of the time.—
Teresa Nowakowski,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Jan. 2025
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Michael Wara, an energy and climate scholar at Stanford University, said the state’s entire insurance landscape, not just the California’s wildfire fund, might have to be recalibrated if a utility company were found to have caused a major L.A. fire.—
Jenny Jarvie,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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Prediction markets have had an impressive success rate for accurately predicting the outcome of political, social, and sporting events, often surpassing traditional polls and expert analyses.—
Mauricio Di Bartolomeo,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Instead, a combination of data, the eye test and expert endorsement helped drive one point home: Girma had quickly entered her position’s highest echelon.—
Jeff Rueter,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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Indian Railways has also introduced more than 90 special trains that will make nearly 3,300 trips during the festival to transport devotees, besides regular trains.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
13 Jan. 2025
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Jewish devotees of the New York Times’ game Strands came in for a shock when the day’s puzzle offered up a Hanukkah theme — and then seemed to botch it.—
Philissa Cramer,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Jan. 2025
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Vahe was an English major at the University of Pennsylvania and earned his master’s degree at Mizzou.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
19 Jan. 2025
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Nicole grew up in Idaho, graduated from Idaho State University and Northwestern University with a master’s degree in journalism.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
17 Jan. 2025
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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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Around him, dense as a swarm of tiny insects, float tiny images of fellow adepts engaged in all manner of outré shenanigans.—
Holland Cotter,
New York Times,
26 Dec. 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 Barbie went on sale at 9 p.m. PT on Wednesday (midnight Thursday ET) and was only available to members of a subscription-paying Barbie collectors group on the site.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN,
17 Jan. 2025
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Envisioned by Brazilian collector Renato de Albuquerque and his granddaughter Mariana Teixeira de Carvalho, the Albuquerque Foundation is a new center dedicated to ceramics opening to public in Sintra on 22nd February 2025.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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In today's job market, choosing between being a virtuoso or polymath is like choosing between a chef's knife and a Swiss Army knife - one perfectly crafted for a specific purpose, the other ready for anything.—
Ann Kirschner,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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Zakir Hussain, virtuoso of the tabla instrument and a towering figure in Indian classical music, died on Dec. 15 of chronic lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, at a hospital in San Francisco.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 Dec. 2024
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“Connoisseur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/connoisseur. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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