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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 masterpieces
With the help of Ray Aghayan and Rhett Turner, Mackie is responsible for more iconic masterpieces, specifically designed for leading ladies, than any other costume designer this historian can think of.
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Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
The theme dreamed up by Challis Davy looks at legendary artists and masterpieces, such as Michelangelo, Picasso, Monet, Van Gogh, Kahlo, and Rockwell.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 30 May 2026
Cars and Cars 3 are masterpieces, though.
—Marah Eakin, Vulture, 28 May 2026
The success of so many Rothkos might better indicate that collectors, when armed with accurate price intel and thus equipped with measured confidence, are taking an increasingly rational approach in their willingness to chase masterpieces.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 27 May 2026
Laser prints reference Italian frescos and Renaissance masterpieces.
—Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 27 May 2026
Because masterpieces worthy of hanging in the Louvre deserve to be taken in, absorbed, experienced.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 19 May 2026
There are few filmmakers who haven’t had hills and valleys in their creative life, and quite frankly Almodóvar could coast on his many masterpieces, Oscars, and still be regarded as one of the all-timers.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 19 May 2026
Each section of the flower show in Templars Hall, where entries are placed in categories, was adorned with small versions of masterpieces.
—Amy Stark Shireman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
The theme dreamed up by Challis Davy looks at legendary artists and masterpieces, such as Michelangelo, Picasso, Monet, Van Gogh, Kahlo, and Rockwell.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 30 May 2026
Cars and Cars 3 are masterpieces, though.
—Marah Eakin, Vulture, 28 May 2026
The success of so many Rothkos might better indicate that collectors, when armed with accurate price intel and thus equipped with measured confidence, are taking an increasingly rational approach in their willingness to chase masterpieces.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 27 May 2026
Laser prints reference Italian frescos and Renaissance masterpieces.
—Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 27 May 2026
Because masterpieces worthy of hanging in the Louvre deserve to be taken in, absorbed, experienced.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 19 May 2026
There are few filmmakers who haven’t had hills and valleys in their creative life, and quite frankly Almodóvar could coast on his many masterpieces, Oscars, and still be regarded as one of the all-timers.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 19 May 2026
Each section of the flower show in Templars Hall, where entries are placed in categories, was adorned with small versions of masterpieces.
—Amy Stark Shireman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for masterpieces
Noun
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Garcia classics — refried lentils, duck albondigas, lamb neck consommé — return in a new, warm setting.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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Tony Curtis, who was married six times and died in 2010 at age 85, received an Oscar nomination for his turn in The Defiant Ones (1958) and starred in such classics as Sweet Smell of Success (1957) and Some Like It Hot (1958).—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
30 May 2026
Noun
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The attendees at the British Museum cocktail party, surrounded by masterworks of 20th-century art, couldn’t help but gush about one single gallery show on view in New York City.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
15 May 2026
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The Emiratis were paying the French $1 billion for the rights to the Louvre name, guidance on what art to buy, and loans of masterworks by Da Vinci, Matisse, and Van Gogh.—
Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
13 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Masterpieces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masterpieces. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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