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Recent Examples of masterstroke
Casting ‘Bridgerton’ breakout star Florence Hunt as the granddaughter was a masterstroke of the filmmakers and will add an intergenerational appeal.
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Leo Barraclough, Variety, 17 May 2025
The launch of Somerset House Studios was a masterstroke—a permanent experimental studio, the first of its kind in any UK arts center.
—Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Those moves were masterstrokes that elevated the Celtics.
—Josh Robbins, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
But not everyone sees the port expansion as a strategic masterstroke.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
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Leo Barraclough, Variety, 17 May 2025
The launch of Somerset House Studios was a masterstroke—a permanent experimental studio, the first of its kind in any UK arts center.
—Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Those moves were masterstrokes that elevated the Celtics.
—Josh Robbins, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
But not everyone sees the port expansion as a strategic masterstroke.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for masterstroke
Recent Examples of Synonyms for masterstroke
Noun
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Maxx Royal Bodrum Resort is not merely a design bravura showpiece, but a rare luxury hotel where the personalized service is warmhearted, rather than condescending.—
Marcia DeSanctis,
Travel + Leisure,
30 June 2025
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The wow factor runs away The zebra was meant to be the ultimate showpiece for the Ford family, taking its place among the family's alpacas, bison, cattle and other farm animals.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
10 June 2025
Noun
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Surrounded by stately guild houses, City Hall and the King’s House, the city’s must-see main square, Grand-Place, is a masterpiece of Belgian Baroque architecture.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
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Kaitlin Olson made Dee's own session a masterpiece of wide-eyed neediness, obsessively lying about her past and then demanding the shrink praise her for her acting prowess.—
Dennis Perkins,
EW.com,
10 July 2025
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The film’s dramatic framework, for all its solidity, incarnates, in its ellipses and asymmetries, the shifting contemporary identities of revered civic masterworks.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
20 June 2025
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The game, written by Larry Fessenden and Graham Reznick, is a masterwork in modern survival horror.—
Richard Newby,
Time,
29 Apr. 2025
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That’s less of a reference to the tour de force singer and songwriter’s 2019 live album and documentary concert film of the same name, but more a nod to true-to-life, Lone Star State homecoming traditions.—
Amber Elliott,
Vogue,
30 June 2025
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The best example of the heights such precision can reach may be Gaia’s tour de force determination of the solar system’s acceleration with respect to a vast, sky-encompassing field of quasars.—
Lee Billings,
Scientific American,
18 June 2025
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“Masterstroke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masterstroke. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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