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opus

[oh-puhs] / ˈoʊ pəs /
NOUN
great work of writing or music
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The orange blossom had already become the state flower in 1909, and, by 1967, a year after McPhee’s opus, the orange was the state fruit.

From Slate Apr. 20, 2026

In 1962, Macdonald published his magnum opus of cultural criticism, “Against the American Grain: Essays on the Effects of Mass Culture,” containing the most famous of his essays, “Masscult & Midcult.”

From Salon Apr. 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

But through Bad Bunny, Puerto Rico had something to say: He tapped into his unique star power with his zeitgeist-defining magnum opus, his 2025 album “Debí Tirar Más Fotos.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 9, 2026

Darwin now rushed to finish the monumental opus that he had originally intended to publish with all his findings.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

Most arresting was the oldest opera represented here, Mozart’s “Così fan tutte,” given an acute updating by director Eric Einhorn and Kelley Rourke, who devised the brilliantly calibrated English adaptation of the libretto.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

By the age of four, Hayden was in US TV show One Life to Live, then at eight joined another soap opera, Guiding Light.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

Ms. Waleson writes on opera for the Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

I stuff my mouth with pretzels and listen to the soap opera tales of Jon and Maxine.

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson

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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