master
noun
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something.
had mastered
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past perfectof master.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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By his early 20s, he had mastered the rope trick that would later make him famous.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
“We were trying to hire a team that had mastered our narrative—and mastered our narrative relative to getting a multibillion-dollar premium,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
Until recently, D’Amaro had mastered another Wambsgansian trait: the ability to play softy while the CEO fielded the outrage from visitors and investors that ensued thanks to these incidents.
From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2026
Reviewers often linked the two writers’ names, partly because both had mastered a subtle peeling back of layers to reveal their characters.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2024
But it was still the place where kids had mastered enough skills to be able to do something with them.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
