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• n  someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

• Steve Schmidt, John McCain 's bald-headed message maven, made his first mark on national politics in the Bush-Cheney war room in 2004.
• AGE: 35 OCCUPATION: Animation maven PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE PTI 100: 0 PRO: The creator of Family Guy and American Dad signed a $100 million deal with Fox last year .
• New-word maven Grant Barrett, editor of the respected language site doubletongued.

• ace
• adept
• champion
• sensation
• mavin
• virtuoso
• genius
• hotshot
• star
• superstar
• whiz
• whizz
• wizard
• wiz

News & Articles

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• Where Did Mars' Atmosphere Go? NASA To Investigate | Video
  The MAVEN mission to Mars will use an Ultraviolet Spectrograph (IUVS) to study the extremely thin Martian atmosphere. This will help scientists better understand what happened to liquid water on the planet.
  June 13, 2013 - SPACE.com
• Transportation Watch: Fulton Center's Sky-Capturing, 'Magical' Oculus Net Unveiled
  The Times' buildings maven David Dunlap reviews the impact of the long-awaited oculus at the long-awaited (sensing a theme here?) Fulton Center transit hub. The structure that lines the conical dome, "a curving, 79-foot-high net of reflective aluminum diamonds...
  June 13, 2013 - Curbed New York
• Mohawk: Maven keeps rolling in Armbro Flight eliminations
  Maven turned in a 1:52 4/5 clocking to take the faster of two $35,000 eliminations for the Armbro Flight Stakes for older trotting mares Friday night at Mohawk Racetrack.
  June 8, 2013 - Daily Racing Form