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Recent Examples of masterstroke
And bringing in Lucchino was a masterstroke of front-office building, given Lucchino’s role in renovating Fenway Park and improving the fan experience.
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Steve Buckley, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Maybe this was a premeditated masterstroke.
—Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
The host’s pure masterstroke of Survivor weirdness, however, came not on the island but in the studio.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
In hindsight, making the character so toothless in the debut episode was a masterstroke.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 13 Feb. 2026
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Steve Buckley, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Maybe this was a premeditated masterstroke.
—Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
The host’s pure masterstroke of Survivor weirdness, however, came not on the island but in the studio.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
In hindsight, making the character so toothless in the debut episode was a masterstroke.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 13 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for masterstroke
Recent Examples of Synonyms for masterstroke
Noun
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Originally built in 1959 as a modest ranch house, the property was transformed into a sleek architectural showpiece by David Kotzebue Architecture and builders Lowell and Jacquie Strauss of Amalfi West.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
11 May 2026
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This is one of the details that shows the Halcyon Grand is more than just a showpiece, but a genuinely livable tiny home.—
Stefan Ionescu
May 06,
New Atlas,
6 May 2026
Noun
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That was the year The Tin Drum, his adaptation of Günter Grass’ sprawling anti-fascist masterpiece, shared the Palme d’Or with Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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Although, of course, O’Toole completely redeemed himself by playing Henry II again a couple of years later in the garrulous masterpiece A Lion in Winter (1968).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 May 2026
Noun
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The attendees at the British Museum cocktail party, surrounded by masterworks of 20th-century art, couldn’t help but gush about one single gallery show on view in New York City.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
15 May 2026
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The Emiratis were paying the French $1 billion for the rights to the Louvre name, guidance on what art to buy, and loans of masterworks by Da Vinci, Matisse, and Van Gogh.—
Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
13 May 2026
Noun
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Hopkins turned in a tour de force creepy performance that presaged his Oscar-winning work in The Silence of the Lambs years later.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
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In this triumphant tour de force, Crain and a group of fertility patients reckon with the threats to their family future, unearthing hope from an unsettled legal landscape.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
14 May 2026
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“Masterstroke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masterstroke. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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