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Recent Examples of masterstroke
The choice was a political masterstroke that showed the value of world leaders who live like their constituents.
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Natasha Frost, New York Times, 15 May 2025
The masterstroke here is one of tone with Coel never taking her subject matter anything less than seriously but also not leaning into traditional melodrama or case-of-the-week clichés.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
Casting ‘Bridgerton’ breakout star Florence Hunt as the granddaughter was a masterstroke of the filmmakers and will add an intergenerational appeal.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 17 May 2025
The launch of Somerset House Studios was a masterstroke—a permanent experimental studio, the first of its kind in any UK arts center.
—Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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Natasha Frost, New York Times, 15 May 2025
The masterstroke here is one of tone with Coel never taking her subject matter anything less than seriously but also not leaning into traditional melodrama or case-of-the-week clichés.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
Casting ‘Bridgerton’ breakout star Florence Hunt as the granddaughter was a masterstroke of the filmmakers and will add an intergenerational appeal.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 17 May 2025
The launch of Somerset House Studios was a masterstroke—a permanent experimental studio, the first of its kind in any UK arts center.
—Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for masterstroke
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Maxx Royal Bodrum Resort is not merely a design bravura showpiece, but a rare luxury hotel where the personalized service is warmhearted, rather than condescending.—
Marcia DeSanctis,
Travel + Leisure,
30 June 2025
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The wow factor runs away The zebra was meant to be the ultimate showpiece for the Ford family, taking its place among the family's alpacas, bison, cattle and other farm animals.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
10 June 2025
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Frank Zappa’s 1975 prog-rock masterpiece One Size Fits All will receive a 50th anniversary reissue this fall featuring a new remaster, unreleased session tracks, live recordings, and more.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
24 July 2025
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Chef Gilles Vincent is a culinary artist, taking care to skilfully combines local produce with seasonal treasures to create classic gourmet masterpieces that are easy on the eye and agreeable to the palette.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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It is considered a masterwork not only of the group, but of their entire musical generation.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
11 June 2025
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The film’s dramatic framework, for all its solidity, incarnates, in its ellipses and asymmetries, the shifting contemporary identities of revered civic masterworks.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
20 June 2025
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Bruford jumped ship and joined King Crimson right before the Close to the Edge tour began, presumably exhausted after laboring through the quintet’s tour de force.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2025
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That’s less of a reference to the tour de force singer and songwriter’s 2019 live album and documentary concert film of the same name, but more a nod to true-to-life, Lone Star State homecoming traditions.—
Amber Elliott,
Vogue,
30 June 2025
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“Masterstroke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masterstroke. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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