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Moore responded that the expert was aligned with big pharma and health insurance companies, a point Gupta vigorously denied.

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  1. noun A person with a high degree of skill in or knowledge of a certain subject.
  2. noun The highest grade that can be achieved in marksmanship.
  3. noun A person who has achieved this grade.
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  • "Michael Nash said that with her level of sedation reduced, she will probably start asking questions soon about why she is in the hospital -- and a trauma expert is there to help her." —  Gothamist
  • This week's opening is expert is Greek GM Vassilios Kotronias. —  ChessVibes
  • This week's opening is expert is German GM Jan Gustafsson. —  ChessVibes
  • "Patients need to recover from both - the effects of surgery and the effects of bed rest after the surgery," said Contractor, a cardiac rehabilitation expert from the Asian Heart Institute (AHI), Mumbai, who is among a team of doctors and physiotherapists helping Singh to recover. —  The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Frontpage
  • Moore responded that the expert was aligned with big pharma and health insurance companies, a point Gupta vigorously denied. —  The Agonist - thoughtful, global, timely
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specialist ·  professional ·  engineer ·  scientist ·  official ·  research ·  analyst ·  manager ·  lawyer ·  worker ·  team ·  program

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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, experienced, from Latin expertus, past participle of experīrī, to try; see per-3 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English expert, from Old French expert, espert, French expert = Provencal expert, espert = Spanish Portuguese experto= Italian esperto, sperto, from Latin expertus (for *experitus; cf. equivalent peritus), experienced, skilled, expert, past participle of experiri, try, put to the test, go through: see experience.
  2. from Latin expertus, past participle of experiri, try, test: see expert, adjective
 

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/ɛksˈpərt/
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