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opus

[oh-puhs] / ˈoʊ pəs /
NOUN
great work of writing or music
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“Pound’s Cantos have their rewards, but the rewards come intermittently,” he writes of the poet’s eccentric magnum opus.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

My friend Sharon and I had just settled at our table and ordered our dinner and drinks when she steered our conversation toward Christopher Nolan’s latest opus.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2026

The Surge was pleased to publish a quick li’l 4,000-plus-word opus this week on Sen. Susan Collins and what makes her such a tough opponent.

From Slate Jun. 19, 2026

That’s the backdrop for Wall Street giant Citi’s 165-page opus on the global commodities outlook, written by strategists led by Maximilian Layton.

From MarketWatch Mar. 24, 2026

As Darwin was beginning to write his opus on evolution in the spring of 1856, Gregor Mendel decided to return to Vienna to retake the teacher’s exam that he had failed in 1850.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

For best drama actress, Rosen says it will be a race between "Pluribus" star Rhea Seehorn and Keri Russell for political soap opera "The Diplomat."

From Barron's Sep. 12, 2026

But this year’s complaints recall another era of New York society, when the best seats at the opera were as much about being seen in the box as seeing what was happening onstage.

From Salon Sep. 5, 2026

Museums, art galleries, film studios, libraries, and opera houses have also been damaged.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

In fact, the facility’s playhouse, opera theater and concert hall are due for major renovations.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

In the enormous whale-belly of steel and stone carved out to form the long-enduring old opera house, Rick Deckard found an echoing, noisy, slightly miscontrived rehearsal taking place.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

Two summers ago, the most overt commonality shared by Greta Gerwig’s and Christopher Nolan’s opuses was a release date pitting the predicted box office whales against each other.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2025

Still, there would be no “Sonata Pathétique” without Prince Lichnowsky’s purse strings, no Sistine Chapel without Pope Julius II, no bold young talents like Corbet making their worthy magnum opuses without someone footing the bill.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 18, 2024

He’s also known for taking excessively dull subjects, like concrete and water, and writing fascinatingly about them in magnum opuses for The New Yorker.

From Golf Digest Apr. 1, 2020

That’s because yesteryear’s rock opuses — from the Who’s “Tommy” to Green Day’s “American Idiot” — were designed to sweep you off your feet and lift you out of your little life.

From Washington Post May 9, 2017

His opuses are in demand And are the final test By which all others fall or stand In this the mighty west!

From Hoosier Lyrics by Eugene Field




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