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Recent Examples of masterstroke
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.
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Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
As a promotional move, the North Coast 500 was a masterstroke — too much of one, by most accounts.
—Angus MacKinnon, CNN Money, 3 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
The underarm serve is one of tennis’s most curious shots, caught between the poles of disrespectful trick shot and tactical masterstroke.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
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Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
As a promotional move, the North Coast 500 was a masterstroke — too much of one, by most accounts.
—Angus MacKinnon, CNN Money, 3 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
The underarm serve is one of tennis’s most curious shots, caught between the poles of disrespectful trick shot and tactical masterstroke.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for masterstroke
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The living room is clearly the showpiece here, between the moody original wood paneling and the oversize east- and north-facing windows.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
3 Nov. 2025
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On Saturday, Egypt’s showpiece museum officially opens its doors after innumerable interruptions, delays and setbacks.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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No is poet Idea Vilariño’s final masterpiece, where poetry becomes both refusal and resilience.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Smith’s diving interception, which would have essentially put away an eventual 27-19 victory over the Minnesota Vikings and added an exclamation point to a defensive masterpiece by Baltimore, didn’t count.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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Antetokounmpo made a series of jaw-dropping plays in Games 4 and 5 to set up his masterwork in Milwaukee, in Game 6.—
The Athletic NBA Staff,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2025
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Rejecting the streamlining and modernizing approach of many recent translations, Mendelsohn artfully reproduces the epic’s formal qualities—meter, enjambment, alliteration, assonance—and in so doing restores to Homer’s masterwork its archaic grandeur.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Theron will now star in the film, but sources say there is another leading female role being cast that has been coveted around town, suggesting a pair of tour de force performances await.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
30 Oct. 2025
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The model line bearing his initials began the next year with the DB1, and remains a tour de force today with the DB12, named Robb Report’s 2024 Car of the Year.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Masterstroke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masterstroke. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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