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something (as a work of art) that is a great achievement and often its creator's greatest achievement
Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel are often considered to be his masterpieces
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Recent Examples of masterpieces
The Michelangelo Effect is an approach that positions the attendees as masterpieces.
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Essence, 24 Oct. 2025
Knott’s Scary Farm visitors who belly up to the bar at the Calico Saloon can shout requests to a ghost pianist who plays everything from Ragtime masterpieces to summery pop hits by Katy Perry during the annual Halloween seasonal event.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
Greek tragedies, Roman philosophy, African American literature, global masterpieces—these are not dusty relics.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
On the eve of the war, Jaujard, with the help of staff and volunteers, secretly arranged for the Mona Lisa and thousands of other masterpieces to be evacuated to the French countryside to protect them from looting.
—NPR, 20 Oct. 2025
The theft of 13 masterpieces from the Gardner Museum in 1990 remains unsolved.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
The Louvre houses over 33,000 works spanning antiquities, sculpture, and painting — from Mesopotamian artifacts and Egyptian relics to masterpieces by European artists.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
Two teaspoons of baking powder lift the dense cookie dough into puffy masterpieces.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
From sleek European masterpieces to boundary-breaking startups, electric cars aren’t just the imminent future.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
Essence, 24 Oct. 2025
Knott’s Scary Farm visitors who belly up to the bar at the Calico Saloon can shout requests to a ghost pianist who plays everything from Ragtime masterpieces to summery pop hits by Katy Perry during the annual Halloween seasonal event.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
Greek tragedies, Roman philosophy, African American literature, global masterpieces—these are not dusty relics.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
On the eve of the war, Jaujard, with the help of staff and volunteers, secretly arranged for the Mona Lisa and thousands of other masterpieces to be evacuated to the French countryside to protect them from looting.
—NPR, 20 Oct. 2025
The theft of 13 masterpieces from the Gardner Museum in 1990 remains unsolved.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
The Louvre houses over 33,000 works spanning antiquities, sculpture, and painting — from Mesopotamian artifacts and Egyptian relics to masterpieces by European artists.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
Two teaspoons of baking powder lift the dense cookie dough into puffy masterpieces.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
From sleek European masterpieces to boundary-breaking startups, electric cars aren’t just the imminent future.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for masterpieces
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Ronald Reagan, who oversaw a major remodel of the screening room, also watched a mix of new movies and classics, including Stagecoach, Yankee Doodle Dandy, and, bizarrely, Warren Beatty's communist biopic Reds.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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In December, the session features soulful renditions of holiday classics.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
24 Oct. 2025
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Here are some of the (streamable) masterworks that helped to do so.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
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Discovering the genre through Americanized versions of Japanese masterworks, millennials explored world cinema largely through comparison.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Masterpieces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masterpieces. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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