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Recent Examples of masterstroke
Despite being less tightly curated and neatly packaged as the first game, Hades II is an absolute masterstroke.
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
But the comedy masterstroke is Lilith’s maneuvering to take an Uber home on her mother’s account.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
The Saint-Gaudens design of Lady Liberty with torch and olive branch is arguably the most iconic US coinage ever struck, with the eagle on the reverse a masterstroke of neoclassical style.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The disc prompted the Beatles — Paul McCartney, particularly — to up its game by writing the complex and intricately produced 1967 masterstroke Sgt.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 11 June 2025
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
But the comedy masterstroke is Lilith’s maneuvering to take an Uber home on her mother’s account.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
The Saint-Gaudens design of Lady Liberty with torch and olive branch is arguably the most iconic US coinage ever struck, with the eagle on the reverse a masterstroke of neoclassical style.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The disc prompted the Beatles — Paul McCartney, particularly — to up its game by writing the complex and intricately produced 1967 masterstroke Sgt.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for masterstroke
Noun
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And everywhere, Americans sat by television sets, watching again and again the videotape of the spectacular breakup of the nation’s showpiece of space technology.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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The kitchen, just off the two-car garage, is less an oversized showpiece to impress guests and more an efficient, functional space for preparing meals for a house full of people.—
Mark David,
Robb Report,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The marque is full of artists that can’t let their masterpieces go untouched and instead must keep changing the models for new audiences.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
30 Jan. 2026
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His reflections on the controversies and critical snubbings that greeted movies that have since become consensus masterpieces are nuanced without descending into false modesty.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
30 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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The 2025 Boston Red Sox were, in many ways, an offensive tour de force.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
28 Jan. 2026
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Key to this is Fiennes’ commando performance, a tour de force with so few f*cks given that the film’s astonishing, electrifying climax could put him back into the awards conversation with a part that couldn’t be farther away from Conclave’s Cardinal Thomas.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Masterstroke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masterstroke. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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