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
From August 13 through 17, Northern California’s Monterey Peninsula once again became the annual bellwether for the collector-car market, as the world’s leading auction houses presented masterworks through the automotive ages.
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Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2025
That isn’t the case with Highest 2 Lowest, Spike Lee’s remake of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 noiristic masterwork, High and Low.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 15 Aug. 2025
The Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation, which oversees the renowned Pearlman Collection, an assembly of modern and Impressionist masterworks, will gift the entire assembly to three museums.
—News Desk, Artforum, 5 Aug. 2025
In Davies’s incandescent and haunting masterwork, named the best movie of 2017 by Reverse Shot, Cynthia Nixon delivers a triumphant performance as Emily Dickinson.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2025
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Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2025
That isn’t the case with Highest 2 Lowest, Spike Lee’s remake of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 noiristic masterwork, High and Low.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 15 Aug. 2025
The Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation, which oversees the renowned Pearlman Collection, an assembly of modern and Impressionist masterworks, will gift the entire assembly to three museums.
—News Desk, Artforum, 5 Aug. 2025
In Davies’s incandescent and haunting masterwork, named the best movie of 2017 by Reverse Shot, Cynthia Nixon delivers a triumphant performance as Emily Dickinson.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for masterwork
masterpiece
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The baying scrum around the Renaissance masterpiece—and his height at the time—precluded a glimpse of her crook of a smile.—
Mahoro Seward,
Vogue,
16 Sep. 2025
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The revision of Merriam’s unabridged masterpiece was abandoned.—
Stefan Fatsis,
The Atlantic,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Masterwork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masterwork. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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