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a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field
a pitcher who is a strikeout artist
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Recent Examples of artists
Other artists who were honored included Dolly Parton, George Thorogood & The Destroyers, John Boylan, Leland Sklar, Nicky Hopkins (posthumously) and Flow State collaborators Huff and McDonald.
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Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
The second floor landing by Blue Brick Design Designer Lara Hovanessian has transformed the foyer walls of both the first and second floors into a striking display for local artists Blakeney, Susanna Speirs Ali and Lareina Holsopple.
—Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
Paradise Lost has inspired countless artists before from Mary Shelley, Neil Gaiman and Philip Pullman, to Joseph Haydn, Ridley Scott and Eminem.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026
In person, he was also known as a passionate supporter of the Chicago acting community and its constituent charity supporting artists’ welfare, Season of Concern.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
The suit says most other artists followed MercyMe in ditching TCA in the wake of the news reports about the Newsboys and Campbell.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
In 2006, Mary-Mitchell Campbell joined forces with a group of Juilliard students to found Artists Striving to End Poverty, which helps young artists find their voice, which has since been rebranded as Arts Ignite.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2026
Taylor Swift has spent years fighting for artists — first over streaming economics, then over ownership rights.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
Milan Design Week is in full swing in the northern Italian city, attracting artists, architects, designers, and the most stylish to the annual celebration of interior design.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2026
Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
The second floor landing by Blue Brick Design Designer Lara Hovanessian has transformed the foyer walls of both the first and second floors into a striking display for local artists Blakeney, Susanna Speirs Ali and Lareina Holsopple.
—Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
Paradise Lost has inspired countless artists before from Mary Shelley, Neil Gaiman and Philip Pullman, to Joseph Haydn, Ridley Scott and Eminem.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026
In person, he was also known as a passionate supporter of the Chicago acting community and its constituent charity supporting artists’ welfare, Season of Concern.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
The suit says most other artists followed MercyMe in ditching TCA in the wake of the news reports about the Newsboys and Campbell.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
In 2006, Mary-Mitchell Campbell joined forces with a group of Juilliard students to found Artists Striving to End Poverty, which helps young artists find their voice, which has since been rebranded as Arts Ignite.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2026
Taylor Swift has spent years fighting for artists — first over streaming economics, then over ownership rights.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
Milan Design Week is in full swing in the northern Italian city, attracting artists, architects, designers, and the most stylish to the annual celebration of interior design.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for artists
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And the Jets got a steal with Payne in the seventh round, a 6-foot-3 safety who was projected as a fourth- or fifth-round pick by most experts.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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According to some experts, this paralyzing fear and desperation are factors that scammers exploit to put their criminal schemes into action.—
Albinson Linares,
NBC news,
26 Apr. 2026
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The idea was then taken up by other Scottish scholars, including James Frazer, whose widely read compendium The Golden Bough (1890) attempted to establish cross-cultural parallels in mythology.—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Geoff Canada, president of Harlem Children’s Zone, has known Bessent for 30 years and said the treasury secretary has mentored one of the program’s scholars for more than a decade.—
Fatima Hussein,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Owner Toriano Gordon was pursuing his masters degree in psychology.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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Tilson Thomas championed classical masters but also many contemporary American composers and transformed the orchestra’s annual Beethoven festival into an American Mavericks Festival featuring works of his mentors Bernstein and Copland.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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He was investigated by the SS on the orders of Heinrich Himmler but convinced his investigators, all adepts of Deutsche Physik, that he was engaged in worthwhile teaching and research.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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Other guitar virtuosos might crave at least a little downtime between concluding a Las Vegas concert residency with one band and launching a national tour with another band, not but Joe Satriani.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Suffused with dread and bathed in reverb, the record captures two virtuosos at their most vulnerable.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
23 Jan. 2026
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That won't mean much to most gamers or even most PC enthusiasts, but for memory-tuning wizards like 1usmus, more levers to pull in overclocking and timing adjustments may make more capable memory overclocks possible in the future.—
Jon Martindale,
PC Magazine,
24 Apr. 2026
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This one just happens to involve wizards, goblins, and one savage, half-blind dragon.—
Séamas O'Reilly,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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This October marks the festival’s inaugural run in Miami Beach, but the event is already poised to become a must-attend affair for everyone from independent creatives to brand executives, corporate gurus and scrappy upstarts.—
Caitlin White,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2026
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The spa There's no spa on site, but a 1,700-square-foot fitness center and the option of having an in-room Peloton set up (the virtual exercise company's Hudson Yards headquarters is visible from the hotel gym itself) will be much appreciated by fitness gurus.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Artists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/artists. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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