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masterpiece

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


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When Todd Haynes made his 1995 masterpiece “Safe”—which cast Julianne Moore as a Los Angeles housewife under siege by myriad illnesses—environmental disease was an enigma.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Here’s a sentence you haven’t read in a while: John Travolta has made a masterpiece.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

Samuel Beckett’s absurdist masterpiece, Waiting for Godot, tells the story of two friends who gather next to a barren tree, hoping to meet a man who never actually arrives.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

You have 12 rounds to paint your masterpiece.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

On the contrary, our research serves only to affirm the portrait of Paul Revere as a masterpiece.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson




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