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masterpiece

[mas-ter-pees, mah-ster-] / ˈmæs tərˌpis, ˈmɑ stər- /


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Rome's top official for cultural heritage, Claudio Parisi Presicce, called the work an "absolute masterpiece, perhaps the most important pictorial work to have survived from antiquity".

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

“The mind-blowing stop-motion masterpiece ‘Wildwood’ is my top contender at this point,” enthuses Dave Karger.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

He was in bed at the Brooklyn apartment he shares with his partner, writer Nicholas Boggs, when he saw the word masterpiece and his mind “totally went blank.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

“But also look at a Prince album like Sign o’ the Times, which is a masterpiece, but some of Prince’s best ideas on that album are mistakes.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

And I thought, too, that it would be a masterpiece or at least make me a lot of money, since the subject was so big.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

What it is potentially worth is unclear, but these days, masterpieces of motor sports history are selling for Pablo Picasso prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Today Renoir’s light-filled paintings of the creamy-skinned Cahen d’Anvers girls, in frothy white lace and pastel satin, are seen as masterpieces of Impressionism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Two of the masterpieces stolen from the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer, a suburb of Nice, have yet to be recovered.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

If you aim to walk around the striking building to view a mishmash of masterpieces, children’s illustrations, movie memorabilia that’s heavy on “Star Wars” and comic strips, you’ll have a good time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Greek works considered the masterpieces of the day were collected into a set of textbooks for her.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby


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