masterpiece
noun
mas·ter·piece
ˈma-stər-ˌpēs 
1
: a work done with extraordinary skill
especially
: a supreme intellectual or artistic achievement
2
: a piece of work presented to a medieval guild as evidence of qualification for the rank of master
Examples of masterpiece in a Sentence
The painting was immediately recognized as a masterpiece.
Herman Melville's masterpiece was Moby-Dick.
Her study of apes is a masterpiece.
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Now, in early 2024, over 500 years after Leonardo Da Vinci originally painted the iconic masterpiece, one of its biggest mysteries may have been solved.
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Upon its release, the film was hailed as a modern masterpiece for its exploration of contemporary American malaise.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
The result was 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road — a masterpiece, an instant classic of kinetic cinema, and a modern blockbuster that somehow harkened back to the Golden Age of analog stunts and demolition-derby–level mayhem.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2024
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Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2024
Now, in early 2024, over 500 years after Leonardo Da Vinci originally painted the iconic masterpiece, one of its biggest mysteries may have been solved.
—Lily Carey, Discover Magazine, 23 May 2024
Upon its release, the film was hailed as a modern masterpiece for its exploration of contemporary American malaise.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
The result was 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road — a masterpiece, an instant classic of kinetic cinema, and a modern blockbuster that somehow harkened back to the Golden Age of analog stunts and demolition-derby–level mayhem.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2024
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masterpiece
noun
mas·ter·piece
ˈmas-tər-ˌpēs
: a work done with great skill
especially
: a supreme intellectual or artistic achievement
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