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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

While Mr. Livingston is unstinting in his admiration for Mr. Sumption’s opus, and often cites it in his endnotes, he offers many valuable insights of his own, delivered in a lively, conversational style.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 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

Families are apt to spend their evenings huddled around video players viewing the latest Schwarzenegger opus.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

Then, after successful careers as an opera singer and chef, Caroline decided to branch out into public relations, a field I’ve been in for 35 years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

One conservative critic who heard young Bruch’s comic opera “Scherz, List, und Rache” noted with gratitude that unlike Wagner, Bruch preferred “naturalness and simplicity” to “overpowering material.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

When Pete Townshend debuted “Tommy” for Cohn in the late ’60s, the rock opera lacked that same sense of immediacy.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

The hall will include an orchestra pit and a stage similar in size to the one at Disney Hall so it can accommodate grand orchestra, opera and dance performances.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

“My mother played opera on the phonograph for me,” Vivian replied.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

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

They riffed on revealing their career-defining opuses at this, the perfect moment, only to unleash … nothing.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2023

For those who think the opuses of John Zorn can be sorted into discrete aesthetic silos — whether jazz, classical or even metal in nature — “The Turner Etudes” offers a corrective.

From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2020

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