as in composition
a literary, musical, or artistic production
the composer's final opus was performed posthumously to great acclaim
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Recent Examples of opus
Brady Corbet’s opus stands as a monument to the power of the art form – brilliantly manifesting the age-old clash between artistic expression and the greed inherent in capitalism.
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Pete Hammond, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2025
Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar—a space exploration opus starring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway—is new on Netflix following its successful 10th anniversary re-release in theaters.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
Eight months after its release, Beyoncé has delivered the first-ever live performances of music from her country opus for the first time.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 25 Dec. 2024
Cowboy Carter, a genre-blending opus that caused consternation in the country-music world, is one example of that approach.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2025
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Pete Hammond, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2025
Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar—a space exploration opus starring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway—is new on Netflix following its successful 10th anniversary re-release in theaters.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
Eight months after its release, Beyoncé has delivered the first-ever live performances of music from her country opus for the first time.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 25 Dec. 2024
Cowboy Carter, a genre-blending opus that caused consternation in the country-music world, is one example of that approach.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for opus
Noun
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This collaborative mindset shapes everything from their approach to retail design, adaptive reuse of public buildings, or material selection processes that consider factors like embodied carbon, circularity, and chemical composition.—
Christopher Marquis,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Scientists will need to understand the composition of these oils before industry can determine which plastic types to focus on and how each oil could create new materials.—
Alexander Kaplitz,
The Conversation,
18 Mar. 2025
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Mazzoli created a lush score that was alternately sweeping or intimate, sensuous or mystical, yet with a distinctive sound that was her own weaving a thread through the piece.—
Janelle Gelfand,
Cincinnati.com,
19 July 2017
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This is why the war stories of Tom Clancy are such convincing and moving pieces of fiction.—
Janine Barchas,
Washington Post,
18 July 2017
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The Research Brief is a short take on interesting academic work.—
Jonathan Gay,
The Conversation,
21 Mar. 2025
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The biennial aims to put the contemporary works featured in the exhibition in conversation with early-twentieth-century paintings from the collection of the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, where the event is being held.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
21 Mar. 2025
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At the heart of the home, the chef’s kitchen is a true masterpiece of design and function.—
Rowan Briggs,
The Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2025
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Someone else whose very existence was a masterpiece declared all art quite useless.—
Jackson Arn,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Opus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opus. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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