as in masterpiece
something (as a work of art) that is a great achievement and often its creator's greatest achievement
his most famous novel is regarded as a masterwork of Western literature
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Recent Examples of masterwork
Music at the fourth Orlando Sings Choral Festival included Jewish modern masterworks and folk songs, as well as a Catholic pilgrimage.
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Matthew J. Palm, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 May 2025
Co-anchor Ron Magers quit two weeks later. 2004: Farnsworth House, a steel-and-glass masterwork by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rhode, opened for tours after preservationists spent $7.5 million to buy and keep the icon of 20th century modernism in Illinois.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
The Vatican Museums encompass a centuries-old collection of art and artifacts, including treasures of Renaissance and Baroque painting and sculpture, as well as modern masterworks by Paul Gauguin, Salvador Dalí, and Pablo Picasso, among others.
—Tessa Solomon For Artnews, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2025
The key difference being Fielder actually finished his masterwork.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 29 May 2025
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Matthew J. Palm, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 May 2025
Co-anchor Ron Magers quit two weeks later. 2004: Farnsworth House, a steel-and-glass masterwork by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rhode, opened for tours after preservationists spent $7.5 million to buy and keep the icon of 20th century modernism in Illinois.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
The Vatican Museums encompass a centuries-old collection of art and artifacts, including treasures of Renaissance and Baroque painting and sculpture, as well as modern masterworks by Paul Gauguin, Salvador Dalí, and Pablo Picasso, among others.
—Tessa Solomon For Artnews, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2025
The key difference being Fielder actually finished his masterwork.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for masterwork
masterpiece
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For Williams, all of life seems to be captured in the oversized mandibles of Spielberg’s enduring cinematic masterpiece.—
Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
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It is also widely considered by the global whisky industry to be a masterpiece in terms of the quality and consistency that has been maintained over decades at a mass scale of production.—
Felipe Schrieberg,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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“Masterwork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masterwork. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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