masterwork
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of masterwork
Example Sentences
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“Sobekmose,” a masterwork containing about 100 spells, is unusual, in part, because it’s inscribed recto and verso.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
“Completed in 2019 and designed by Don Ziebell, it is a masterwork combining subtle finishes and exquisite details.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026
At its London premiere before coronavirus closed the theatres, The Standard newspaper described it as a "late masterwork... wise, witty and devastatingly sad".
From Barron's • Nov. 29, 2025
Love, who sued Wilson repeatedly through the years to get songwriting credit for dozens of songs he claimed he helped write, bristled at the suggestion he’d upended his cousin’s masterwork.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2025
He retired for two years of intensive reflection and scribbling, and at length produced his masterwork: the Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica or Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, better known as the Principia.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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