as in masterpiece
something (as a work of art) that is a great achievement and often its creator's greatest achievement
his most famous novel is regarded as a masterwork of Western literature
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Recent Examples of masterwork
Kind of a contemporary genre masterwork.
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Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
10 June 2026
This was Miller’s masterwork in a production that will be remembered long after the tally of this year’s Tony Awards are long forgotten.
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Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
On June 2, Sotheby’s in New York attempted to stage a private auction for Number 19, 1951, an oil and enamel masterwork by abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock, but the sale failed to launch after the auction house wasn’t able to attract enough bidders, according to a report from Artnews.
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News Desk,
Artforum,
8 June 2026
Celebrate Black Music Month, a Central Florida Sounds of Freedom milestone, the hits of legendary artists or a classical masterwork in June.
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Matthew J. Palm,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for masterwork
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
10 June 2026
This was Miller’s masterwork in a production that will be remembered long after the tally of this year’s Tony Awards are long forgotten.
—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
On June 2, Sotheby’s in New York attempted to stage a private auction for Number 19, 1951, an oil and enamel masterwork by abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock, but the sale failed to launch after the auction house wasn’t able to attract enough bidders, according to a report from Artnews.
—
News Desk,
Artforum,
8 June 2026
Celebrate Black Music Month, a Central Florida Sounds of Freedom milestone, the hits of legendary artists or a classical masterwork in June.
—
Matthew J. Palm,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for masterwork
masterpiece
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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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