masterpiece
noun
mas·ter·piece
ˈma-stər-ˌpēs 
1
: a work done with extraordinary skill
especially
: a supreme intellectual or artistic achievement
2
: a piece of work presented to a medieval guild as evidence of qualification for the rank of master
Examples of masterpiece in a Sentence
The painting was immediately recognized as a masterpiece.
Herman Melville's masterpiece was Moby-Dick.
Her study of apes is a masterpiece.
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Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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Sure, most major publishers have abandoned it in favor of multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) releases like League of Legends or DOTA 2 — which ironically owe their births to Blizzard's 2002 masterpiece Warcraft 3 — but smaller studios and companies have stepped up to fill the void.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 3 Sep. 2025
But interspersed with all that is the 14th-century story of Dante (also Oscar Isaac) and his winding path toward writing his masterpiece.
—Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
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Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
These historic masterpieces are shown alongside contemporary designers, like Hannah Martin, Wenju Tseng, Martina Kocianova, Veronika Fabian, Jiayang He and Roei Palant.
—Nadja Sayej, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Sure, most major publishers have abandoned it in favor of multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) releases like League of Legends or DOTA 2 — which ironically owe their births to Blizzard's 2002 masterpiece Warcraft 3 — but smaller studios and companies have stepped up to fill the void.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 3 Sep. 2025
But interspersed with all that is the 14th-century story of Dante (also Oscar Isaac) and his winding path toward writing his masterpiece.
—Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for masterpiece
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“Masterpiece.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/masterpiece. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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masterpiece
noun
mas·ter·piece
ˈmas-tər-ˌpēs
: a work done with great skill
especially
: a supreme intellectual or artistic achievement
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