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Recent Examples of masterstroke
The Austrian Southern Railway Company managers’ masterstroke was to promote Opatija as a spa town no less salubrious—and no less glamorous—than Nice, the prime destination for convalescents in the age of tuberculosis.
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Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026
Kaser’s masterstroke is in compounding these questions of agency with his deft writing style—there are motifs of holes, bottles, and explosions.
—Alastair Shuttleworth, Pitchfork, 2 May 2026
Maybe this was a premeditated masterstroke.
—Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
The host’s pure masterstroke of Survivor weirdness, however, came not on the island but in the studio.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
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Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026
Kaser’s masterstroke is in compounding these questions of agency with his deft writing style—there are motifs of holes, bottles, and explosions.
—Alastair Shuttleworth, Pitchfork, 2 May 2026
Maybe this was a premeditated masterstroke.
—Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
The host’s pure masterstroke of Survivor weirdness, however, came not on the island but in the studio.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for masterstroke
Noun
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The Collector's Edition is the showpiece, bundling the game, a 34x24cm Sleeper wall mask, a genuine leather wristband and notebook, the soundtrack and more for the hardcore faithful.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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As if to underline the incredibly thin dividing line between success and failure in these EFL showpieces, the Yorkshire club failed to score during normal time in all three of those finals before going on to triumph from the spot.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
23 May 2026
Noun
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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.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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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
Noun
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Communicate like a human being The Meta email was a masterwork of legal precision and human vacancy.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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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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Hopkins turned in a tour de force creepy performance that presaged his Oscar-winning work in The Silence of the Lambs years later.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
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In this triumphant tour de force, Crain and a group of fertility patients reckon with the threats to their family future, unearthing hope from an unsettled legal landscape.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
14 May 2026
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“Masterstroke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masterstroke. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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