master class

noun

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

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But Chief Justice John Roberts’s majority opinion, which was joined by the other five conservative Justices, was a master class in reframing the issues to see something entirely different. Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 20 June 2025 Leslie Nielsen’s performance in those films and this show is a master class in physical comedy and nailing a punch line. Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 13 June 2025 What results is a master class in the art of collaboration — an art that should be even more fully realized when Holland and Loueke perform here together for the first time. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2025 Lightweight but subtly high-impact, these earrings are a master class in duality—rich and monochrome from the front, sparkling on the back, and memorable at every angle. Jill Newman, Robb Report, 12 June 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 Jun. 2025.

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