magnum

The Sagrada Família is the magnum opus of the brilliant Catalan architect and designer Antoni Gaudí, who died 100 years ago and whose sinuous and eccentric buildings are synonymous with Barcelona.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 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

After inspecting a gifted magnum of Chinese wine, he stressed that the country "knew how to produce" -- another worry for French producers.

From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026

The following year Skepta released his own magnum opus, Konnichiwa.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2025

Bud Gleason purchased a box each of .270 rifle bullets and .357 magnum pistol shells.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

This was the cheapest of all the magnums I purchased—and the wine that inspired my friend’s joyful words.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025

There are other signs, too: exclusive magnums of Champagne, doting service from the hotelier and discussions about books and writers and the trappings of celebrity.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 2018

There are other signs, too: exclusive magnums of champagne, doting service from the hotelier and discussions about books and writers and the trappings of celebrity.

From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2018

Regular guests knew to immediately claim a seat for themselves, deftly draping chairs with a mink or chinchilla seat-saver while Hollywood-handsome waiters topped off their coupes from magnums of bubbly.

From Washington Post ● May 22, 2018

Boars' heads, meat pies, salade macédoine, coeur de palmier, hollandaise were washed down with magnums and quarts of Irroy brut, 1900, Pol Roger, Chambertin, graceful Bohemian crystal goblets of Liebfraumilch and Johannisberger Schloss-Auslese.

From The Merry-Go-Round by Van Vechten, Carl