as in masterpiece
something (as a work of art) that is a great achievement and often its creator's greatest achievement
this symphony is usually considered Beethoven's magnum opus
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Despite its size and ambition, this magnum opus is not comprehensive.
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Paul Kennedy, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2014
Approached by Orson Welles (Tom Burke) to write a script for the young director’s magnum opus, Mank returns to memories of his aborted friendship with William Randolph Hearst (Charles Dance) and his beloved Marion Davies (a brilliant, Oscar-nominated Amanda Seyfried).
—EW.com, 14 Sep. 2024
My magnum opus: a TikTok that combines the trending language of brat summer with a vegetable dress and my love for a viral purse that has an AI pattern and is shaped like a horse.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2024
The past six weeks have arguably been Pelosi’s magnum opus in the art of power.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2024
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Paul Kennedy, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2014
Approached by Orson Welles (Tom Burke) to write a script for the young director’s magnum opus, Mank returns to memories of his aborted friendship with William Randolph Hearst (Charles Dance) and his beloved Marion Davies (a brilliant, Oscar-nominated Amanda Seyfried).
—EW.com, 14 Sep. 2024
My magnum opus: a TikTok that combines the trending language of brat summer with a vegetable dress and my love for a viral purse that has an AI pattern and is shaped like a horse.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2024
The past six weeks have arguably been Pelosi’s magnum opus in the art of power.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2024
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