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Recent Examples of masterstroke
The move became a masterstroke.
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Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
The Austrian Southern Railway Company managers’ masterstroke was to promote Opatija as a spa town no less salubrious—and no less glamorous—than Nice, the prime destination for convalescents in the age of tuberculosis.
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Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
8 May 2026
Kaser’s masterstroke is in compounding these questions of agency with his deft writing style—there are motifs of holes, bottles, and explosions.
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Alastair Shuttleworth,
Pitchfork,
2 May 2026
Maybe this was a premeditated masterstroke.
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Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for masterstroke
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
The Austrian Southern Railway Company managers’ masterstroke was to promote Opatija as a spa town no less salubrious—and no less glamorous—than Nice, the prime destination for convalescents in the age of tuberculosis.
—
Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
8 May 2026
Kaser’s masterstroke is in compounding these questions of agency with his deft writing style—there are motifs of holes, bottles, and explosions.
—
Alastair Shuttleworth,
Pitchfork,
2 May 2026
Maybe this was a premeditated masterstroke.
—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for masterstroke
Recent Examples of Synonyms for masterstroke
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The famous rings are now tilted some 9 degrees toward Earth, once again making this planet a showpiece for telescopic observation.
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While the property is a showpiece, the reason for selling is personal.
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In Sally Potter’s 1992 masterpiece Orlando, Virginia Woolf’s classic novel of a British aristocrat who is born in the Elizabethan era and goes on to live for hundreds of years—oh, and who also changes genders at around the age of 30—is brought to bold and brilliant visual life.
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First-time visitors can expect a labyrinthine world—55 rooms, taking up over 21,00 square feet in all over five floors—connected by three lifts and four staircases, the most dramatic of which is a spiral masterpiece originally designed by Foster + Partners and extended as part of the renovation.
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The Elgin Master Chorale’s 80th anniversary season will feature masterworks performed with the Elgin Symphony Orchestra, Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra and other guest artists.
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Meanwhile, a prodigious weekly outpouring of masterworks from Motown laid the groundwork for my teen-age love of jazz.
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Kincaid calls the 1982 work a tour de force of the collection, and of Basquiat’s entire career.
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In a four-hander where each performer excels in their own way, Wilde gives a neurotic tour de force.
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“Masterstroke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masterstroke. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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