as in masterpiece
something (as a work of art) that is a great achievement and often its creator's greatest achievement this symphony is usually considered Beethoven's magnum opus

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Recent Examples of magnum opus And no film captures this alchemy as perfectly as his magnum opus, Before Sunrise, where Linklater paints a deeply evocative portrait of two strangers falling in love over a single night in Vienna. Brian Smolensky and James Mercadante, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2025 The Food Lab is his magnum opus, with nearly 1000 pages of culinary know-how, delivered in his relaxed and easy-to-understand style, with plenty of pictures along the way. Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 17 Jan. 2025 Quantum physics inspired Lijn’s magnum opus, Liquid Reflections (1968). Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 20 Dec. 2024 At the time of Interstellar’s release, critics and fans were quick to draw comparisons between Nolan’s sci-fi epic and Kubrick’s magnum opus. Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 2 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for magnum opus

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“Magnum opus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magnum%20opus. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.

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