as in classic
something (as a work of art) that is a great achievement and often its creator's greatest achievement Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel are often considered to be his masterpieces

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Recent Examples of masterpiece Kyle Freeland was a 22-year-old rookie pitching in Grand Junction when Clayton Kershaw painted his masterpiece against the Rockies. Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 25 June 2025 The book, first published in 1978 then revised in 1990, is a bar-setting literary masterpiece that has influenced pop culture, from television shows such as Lost to musical acts such as Metallica to various forms of post-apocalyptic literature. Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2025 His Game 5 masterpiece earned him a spot next to Jerry West, George Mikan, Rick Barry, Magic Johnson, and Dwyane Wade. Shane Young, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025 Danny Boyle and Alex Garland reunite for a tonally, visually, and dramatically incoherent follow-up to their early-aughts horror masterpiece. Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for masterpiece
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Noun
  • The set, which was once a cult classic, but now should be regarded simply as a hugely successful release, also breaks into the top 10 on the Billboard 200.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
  • Hadid’s twist on the classic includes a crashing wave design across the footbed, paired with a minimalist beige strap.
    Izzy Baskette, People.com, 21 June 2025
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  • The film’s dramatic framework, for all its solidity, incarnates, in its ellipses and asymmetries, the shifting contemporary identities of revered civic masterworks.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 20 June 2025
  • The game, written by Larry Fessenden and Graham Reznick, is a masterwork in modern survival horror.
    Richard Newby, Time, 29 Apr. 2025

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“Masterpiece.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masterpiece. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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