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The host’s pure masterstroke of Survivor weirdness, however, came not on the island but in the studio.—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026 In hindsight, making the character so toothless in the debut episode was a masterstroke.—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 13 Feb. 2026 They weren’t hammered around the park by Smith or Khawaja, but Carse’s full toss to remove the latter was hardly a masterstroke, and England needed better at what was a crucial point in the match.—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026 The uniform proved a masterstroke.—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for masterstroke