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 Restricting the availability of an iconic product helps confer talismanic powers onto it, helping sustain the narrative that the Birkin is a unique hard-to-get masterwork. Matteo Atti, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 His follow-up, The Descent, is his masterwork, but Dog Soldiers comes close. EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024 How is this masterwork of research relevant to the Black Atlantic world? Emmanuel Iduma, ARTnews.com, 16 Sep. 2024 Andrew Scott will reprise his acclaimed West End performance in Vanya, described as a radical new adaptation of Chekhov’s masterwork Uncle Vanya, for a spring 2025 Off Broadway engagement at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, producers announced today. Greg Evans, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for masterwork 

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“Masterwork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masterwork. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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