magisterial

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It’s no surprise that Viktor and Rolf collaborated three times with the magisterial Robert Wilson, who specialized in a theater of images.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025

“Sunday,” the culminating hymn of “Sunday in the Park With George,” closes Act 1 to magisterial effect.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2025

It’s been 50 years since the publication of The Power Broker, Robert Caro’s magisterial biography of New York City master builder Robert Moses.

From Slate • Sep. 16, 2024

It’s a magisterial work that taught me more about myself than any other book I’ve ever read.

From Salon • Sep. 1, 2024

“Chaplain,” he announced with magisterial rigidity, “we charge you formally with being Washington Irving and taking capricious and unlicensed liberties in censoring the letters of officers and enlisted men. Are you guilty or innocent?”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller