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Recent Examples of masterstroke
Pairing Shyamalan with the Blumhouse crew was a masterstroke.
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2024
Turns out, a 90-minute sketch comedy show featuring live performances was a masterstroke — as long as the cast included talents like Chase, John Belushi, Gilda Radner and Dan Aykroyd.
—Eric Deggans, NPR, 13 Feb. 2025
Murphy and Robertson’s masterstroke is to banish all such expectation and instead have the story narrated by a villain.
—David Benedict, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
Swapping out Justin Simmons for Brandon Jones was a masterstroke.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2025
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2024
Turns out, a 90-minute sketch comedy show featuring live performances was a masterstroke — as long as the cast included talents like Chase, John Belushi, Gilda Radner and Dan Aykroyd.
—Eric Deggans, NPR, 13 Feb. 2025
Murphy and Robertson’s masterstroke is to banish all such expectation and instead have the story narrated by a villain.
—David Benedict, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
Swapping out Justin Simmons for Brandon Jones was a masterstroke.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for masterstroke
Noun
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Its architectural showpiece is a grand, hyper-marbled, slightly anachronistic Deco-style staircase.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
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Factoring in the Africa Cup of Nations, there are names out there — including Chelsea’s Nicolas Jackson (above) — who could rack up 100 competitive matches by the time FIFA’s 2026 showpiece ends.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Typically following retro design cues, many of Hazan's masterpieces are more at home in an art gallery than on the street alongside commuters – with some bikes going for as much as US$125,000.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Apr. 2025
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In the clip, the confident toddler uses a kitchen highchair to reach the countertop to make the breakfast masterpiece.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In Sunday in the Park With George, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s masterwork about the art of making art, Patinkin played both Georges Seurat in 1884 and his artist great-grandson a century later.—
Mark Seliger,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
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This move aims to provide a more suitable environment for appreciating Da Vinci's masterpiece, allowing more focused and comfortable viewings away from the crowded gallery that houses other Venetian masterworks.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Midway through the film, an I.E.D. explodes just outside the apartment building, and the sequence that follows, in which the survivors gradually regain consciousness, is a tour de force of sensory deprivation and temporal dislocation.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2025
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The role required a real tour de force given intense emotional — and, at times, physical — extremes.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Masterstroke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masterstroke. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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