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Long before Marmel was a founding partner of Levity Live, and an absolute giant in the comedy industry, she was mastering the art of sales in Girl Scouts.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2024

Second, Egypt developed an important social class of scribes whose whole vocation was mastering the complex Egyptian writing systems and keeping extensive records of almost every aspect of life, from religious ritual to mundane record-keeping.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

Asked what he has learned from last season, he said, “For me, the biggest part was mastering the offense so I can continue to beat teams with my mind.”

From Washington Post • May 31, 2013

Now he was in the dry oven of the Cerrado and was mastering Cerrado mammal spoor: puma, jaguar, giant anteater, giant armadillo, and maned wolf.

From Scientific American • Feb. 22, 2013

Even as his staff was mastering the first-generation separator, he started sketching out a new one.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik