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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Tuesday’s game at Comerica Park was a pitching master class. Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025 Independent digital talent management firm G&B Digital Management is launching a free four-hour, in-person master class to help Hollywood industry members better understand the creator economy — and how to capitalize on it themselves. Jennifer Maas, Variety, 11 Aug. 2025 Anne Hathaway’s Lureen, all rodeo sparkle and small-town ambition, is Jack’s half-hearted refuge; her final scene is a master class in polite denial, her eyes steel behind a frosty Texas drawl. Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 27 June 2025 The report is a master class in arbitrary and capricious decision-making applied to science. ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 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 28 Aug. 2025.

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