master class

noun

: a seminar for advanced music students conducted by a master musician

Examples of master class in a Sentence

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The actors seem destined to share the screen, and every scene featuring them should serve as a master class for actors. Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 Quinta Brunson’s Emmys 2025 hair was a master class in making a 100-year-old style feel authentic and fresh. Grace McCarty, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2025 Free master classes are scheduled for Friday evening and Sunday afternoon at Walker West Music Academy, 650 Marshall Ave. Lulu Jaeckel, Twin Cities, 10 Sep. 2025 Świątek had been having, by her standards, a miserable year, winning no titles, not even the French Open, which had become her master class. Thomas Swick september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for master class

Word History

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of master class was in 1952

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“Master class.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/master%20class. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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