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Recent Examples of masterstroke
Turns out, a 90-minute sketch comedy show featuring live performances was a masterstroke — as long as the cast included talents like Chase, John Belushi, Gilda Radner and Dan Aykroyd.
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Eric Deggans, NPR, 13 Feb. 2025
Murphy and Robertson’s masterstroke is to banish all such expectation and instead have the story narrated by a villain.
—David Benedict, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
Swapping out Justin Simmons for Brandon Jones was a masterstroke.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2025
To people inside the crypto industry, the video—which received a huge amount of attention, prompting online co-signs from Elon Musk and various other titans—was a masterstroke.
—Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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Eric Deggans, NPR, 13 Feb. 2025
Murphy and Robertson’s masterstroke is to banish all such expectation and instead have the story narrated by a villain.
—David Benedict, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
Swapping out Justin Simmons for Brandon Jones was a masterstroke.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2025
To people inside the crypto industry, the video—which received a huge amount of attention, prompting online co-signs from Elon Musk and various other titans—was a masterstroke.
—Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for masterstroke
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Here’s the big question: is Japan’s carbon market a transitional model for leading economies—or an elaborate climate showpiece with limited bite?—
Phil De Luna,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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With this weekend’s domestic games taking place between the Champions League quarter-finals and also during the men’s international break, many leagues use it as an opportunity to schedule ‘showpiece’ fixtures in bigger stadiums.—
Jessy Parker Humphreys,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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The masterpiece was designed in 1912 by Eduardo Ferrés i Puig and was executed by master glaziers Maumejean.—
Angelina Villa-Clarke,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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In 2018, an anomaly cracked open the door in the form of Ryan Coogler’s Marvel masterpiece Black Panther, which brought in a billion dollars globally.—
Adelle Platon,
VIBE.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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In Sunday in the Park With George, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s masterwork about the art of making art, Patinkin played both Georges Seurat in 1884 and his artist great-grandson a century later.—
Mark Seliger,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
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Farrow & Ball’s Breakfast Room Green on the windows and frames is another subtle homage to Gill and his early 1920s multifamily residential masterwork, Horatio West Court, located in Broughton’s native Santa Monica.—
Jessica Ritz,
Architectural Digest,
20 Mar. 2025
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The latter’s tour de force earlier this month came as close as anyone has to a Joseph Welch moment defenestrating Donald McCarthy.—
Mark Green,
New York Daily News,
20 Apr. 2025
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Now scored an upset win at the UK’s Mercury Prize for Anohni & the Johnsons, which was followed by acclaim for the chamber-pop tour de force by U.S. blogs and outlets.—
Jason Lipshutz,
Billboard,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Masterstroke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masterstroke. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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