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
One, the visual and symbolic correlation between Shih’s painterly use of shadow in her food- and floral-centered compositions, and the still life masterpieces of the 17th century Dutch.
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Stephanie Shih
june 17, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
The golf course, a links-style masterpiece that was one of the USGA's five founding clubs in the 1890s, lies across ancient burial grounds that once belonged to the Shinnecock Nation, whose own people built the course.
—ABC News, 17 June 2026
The 6-foot-7 right-hander threw 74 strikes in a 95-pitch masterpiece, becoming the first pitcher since 2000 to throw a complete game with 15 strikeouts in fewer than 100 pitches, according to ESPN Research.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 14 June 2026
Brunson answered Saturday night with 45 points, a road closeout masterpiece and the trophy every Knicks star before him spent decades chasing.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026
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Stephanie Shih
june 17, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
The golf course, a links-style masterpiece that was one of the USGA's five founding clubs in the 1890s, lies across ancient burial grounds that once belonged to the Shinnecock Nation, whose own people built the course.
—ABC News, 17 June 2026
The 6-foot-7 right-hander threw 74 strikes in a 95-pitch masterpiece, becoming the first pitcher since 2000 to throw a complete game with 15 strikeouts in fewer than 100 pitches, according to ESPN Research.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 14 June 2026
Brunson answered Saturday night with 45 points, a road closeout masterpiece and the trophy every Knicks star before him spent decades chasing.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for masterpiece
Noun
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Summer is the season to embrace colorful stones in addition to the classics.—
Aemilia Madden,
Vogue,
18 June 2026
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During IndieWire’s Craft Roundtables panel, series production designer Susie Mancini spoke about fixing up the 1989 classic to retrofit it to a contemporary story.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
17 June 2026
Noun
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Meanwhile, a prodigious weekly outpouring of masterworks from Motown laid the groundwork for my teen-age love of jazz.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026
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From $170,500 While disparate inform and function, the finest motorcycles and watches are both mechanical masterworks, which is why the collaboration between horologist Richard Mille and bike-builder Brough Superior feels at once unexpected and inevitable.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
17 June 2026
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“Masterpiece.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masterpiece. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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