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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

Yet long before earning all these accolades, Shakira was a teen girl in Baranquilla, Colombia, waiting in line at her local record store for a copy of Nirvana’s 1991 grunge magnum opus, “Nevermind.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

“The Most Awful Responsibility” is a well-written opus unpacking Truman’s—and America’s—complicated relationship with nuclear weapons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra, and featuring multiple arrangements from Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw, it's a radical, rebellious operatic opus that sounds like nothing else in the pop sphere.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025

Looking at his own opus, he saw no reason to pretend modesty.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig