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
The scene is often noisy, jostling, and so dense that many barely glance at the masterpieces flanking her – works by Titian and Veronese that go largely ignored.
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Thomas Adamson, Christian Science Monitor, 16 June 2025
The Leopard Honors an Italian Masterpiece Martha Bayles A new adaptation of an Italian masterpiece restores its heart and soul.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 12 June 2025
Having given us a punch-drunk vision of romantic dilemmas in her masterpiece of a debut, Song now delivers a more practical, hangover-adjacent look at how the human need for relationships gets turned into a bespoke luxury item.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2025
His final masterpiece—dubbed the Lake of the Isles Pencil, or LOTI Pencil for short—measures 32 inches in diameter.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2025
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Thomas Adamson, Christian Science Monitor, 16 June 2025
The Leopard Honors an Italian Masterpiece Martha Bayles A new adaptation of an Italian masterpiece restores its heart and soul.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 12 June 2025
Having given us a punch-drunk vision of romantic dilemmas in her masterpiece of a debut, Song now delivers a more practical, hangover-adjacent look at how the human need for relationships gets turned into a bespoke luxury item.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2025
His final masterpiece—dubbed the Lake of the Isles Pencil, or LOTI Pencil for short—measures 32 inches in diameter.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for masterpiece
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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
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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
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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 2 Jul. 2025.
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