How to Use masterstroke in a Sentence
masterstroke
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The switch from the diamond to the ice proved to be a masterstroke.
—Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2022
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Once in a while, the to-and-fro produces a comedic masterstroke.
—Wesley Morris, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2020
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But the real masterstroke comes in the first sketch's preview of a future episode.
—Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2022
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Neymar’s touch — a deft backheel on the run to drop it behind him — was the masterstroke there.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2020
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Which is why the casting of de Armas is a masterstroke.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 22 Sep. 2022
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The transfer proved a masterstroke for Ferguson, in the short term, at least.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2018
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The masterstroke, though, was to turn the library’s old appendage into its new heart.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 4 June 2021
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But the real masterstroke wasn’t just the head-to-toe linen on a baking hot day, but Pitt’s loose-fitting, brown linen skirt.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 19 July 2022
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While at the State Department, Krach pulled off a masterstroke.
—Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2023
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For all these reasons and more, the Hertz-Tesla deal was a procurement masterstroke–for both sides.
—Bharat Kapoor, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2021
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Initially, Eddie played the piano and drums, but his shift to the guitar proved a masterstroke.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2020
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This was one of the first real shockers, a decisive masterstroke that stunned the Broncos.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Dec. 2021
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The addition of Minna to all this madness is a masterstroke.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 12 June 2016
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While the club will need a longer term solution in a couple of years’ time, Eriksen has been a masterstroke of a signing on a free transfer.
—Liam Canning, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
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The key to the production, though, isn’t a directorial masterstroke but the casting of Quinn Kelsey, a baritone who’s been singing at the Met for more than a dozen years.
—Vulture, 21 Jan. 2022
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It’s a nifty, condensed introduction, setting the tone and laying out the stakes in one clean masterstroke.
—Kate Knibbs, Wired, 4 May 2021
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Rivers' masterstroke however came on fourth-and-4 from the Houston 39-yard line.
—Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Dec. 2020
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The Lebedevs promptly made the title free, a decision that proved to be a masterstroke.
—Ed Caesar, Esquire, 15 Sep. 2017
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In ten years, Beijing may see this not as a masterstroke but a misadventure.
—Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 3 Mar. 2022
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The Raptors ran aground at a higher win-total level before the Kawhi Leonard masterstroke.
—Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2020
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Pairing Shyamalan with the Blumhouse crew was a masterstroke.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 26 July 2021
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By any measure, Cohen’s masterstroke stands as one of the sport’s shrewdest hires in recent memory.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2024
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But Trump, in a rhetorical masterstroke, saw an opportunity to twist the term to his own ends.
—Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022
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From this perspective, the deal was a masterstroke of diplomacy.
—Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 14 May 2018
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Chris’ contextualization of the narration with just George’s voice and mine was a bit of a masterstroke.
—Lily Moayeri, Spin, 7 Aug. 2023
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The 27-yard masterstroke gave McIlroy a one-shot lead over Viktor Hovland, his playing partner.
—New York Times, 16 July 2022
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Rogue Heroes’ is a masterstroke of a series from the visionary Steven Knight, packed with a stellar cast who bring this fantastic story to life.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Nov. 2021
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For that video alone there will be many supporters, not just Southampton's, that are happy that Taylor extended his time at the club, truly a masterstroke by the club.
—SI.com, 19 July 2017
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While her signature brand of acerbic, deadpan humor was still very much present and accounted for, the show’s mash-up of that distinctive comedic voice with a twisty premise proved to be a masterstroke.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2022
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His risky decision not to appear on the debate stage looks, in retrospect, like a political masterstroke.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 5 Jan. 2024
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