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
What solitudes filled with masterpieces!
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Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Until now, the peak of the former California four-star recruit’s career was 2016’s Rose Bowl, when the redshirt freshman threw for 453 yards as the Offensive MVP in a 52-49 masterpiece against Saquon Barkley’s Penn State.
—Jason Kirk, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
One Fort Worth man whittled away a few blocks of ice to turn it into a truly Texas masterpiece.
—Bo Evans, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
This game was a quarterback masterpiece, with Darnold and Matthew Stafford putting up nearly identical numbers.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
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Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Until now, the peak of the former California four-star recruit’s career was 2016’s Rose Bowl, when the redshirt freshman threw for 453 yards as the Offensive MVP in a 52-49 masterpiece against Saquon Barkley’s Penn State.
—Jason Kirk, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
One Fort Worth man whittled away a few blocks of ice to turn it into a truly Texas masterpiece.
—Bo Evans, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
This game was a quarterback masterpiece, with Darnold and Matthew Stafford putting up nearly identical numbers.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for masterpiece
Noun
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Simultaneously, her Uncle walks into Ho Jin’s house, waxing eloquent about his grandfather’s collection of classics.—
Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Lady Gaga revisited a childhood classic for a new Super Bowl commercial.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
28 Jan. 2026
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The thrill of seeing a fearless, indefatigable performer single-handedly populate the stage with the myriad figures of this masterwork never lets up.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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Burnett and Ross Buckley founded the chamber music collective here in 1994 and have since played chamber masterworks, commissioned new works and collaborated across genres.—
Beth Wood,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Masterpiece.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masterpiece. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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