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Recent Examples of masterstroke
The move became a masterstroke.
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Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
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.
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Alastair Shuttleworth,
Pitchfork,
2 May 2026
Maybe this was a premeditated masterstroke.
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Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for masterstroke
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
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.
—
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
See All Example Sentences for masterstroke
Recent Examples of Synonyms for masterstroke
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Known as Stanley Park, the 17,000-square-foot estate dates to 1584 and was later reshaped into a Victorian showpiece before a period of disrepair and subdivision.
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The bar’s signature Memoria Liquida Martini is the showpiece.
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Widely regarded as a masterpiece, the film is regularly hailed as one of the greatest sequels ever made, alongside movies like Aliens and The Godfather Part II.
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That man is none other than Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha, whose scintillating seven-save masterpiece against Spain earlier this week has grown his social media follower count from one measured in the thousands to tens of millions in a little more than three days.
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Meanwhile, a prodigious weekly outpouring of masterworks from Motown laid the groundwork for my teen-age love of jazz.
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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.
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The interior is its own visual tour de force, combining exposed and painted carbon fiber, leather, and Alcantara complemented by the dashboard’s analog artistry.
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The show, which justly received the Tony for best musical revival contained perhaps the season’s most seismic tour de force.
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“Masterstroke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masterstroke. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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